Research Article

A Clinical-EEG Study of Sleepiness and Psychological Symptoms in Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy Patients Treated with Lacosamide

Table 4

Psychological effects of lacosamide.

Score at
(mean ± S.D.)
Score at
(mean ± S.D.)

PSQI4,4 ± 1,63,7 ± 1,30.23
ESS7,7 ± 1,88,3 ± 2,40.25
FSS40,4 ± 12,136,7 ± 13,50.26
BDI12,1 ± 5,19,9 ± 4,40.07
STAI Y141,1 ± 7,639,1 ± 5,90.08
STAI Y243,7 ± 10,142,2 ± 10,90.15

Statistical analysis was performed by means of Wilcoxon signed-rank nonparametric test.
BDI: Beck Depression Inventory; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; FSS: Fatigue Severity Scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; STAI Y1: S-anxiety scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y; and STAI Y2: T-anxiety scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y.