Research Article

Screening of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Patients with Epilepsy: Using a Valid and Reliable Indonesian Version of Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)

Table 3

Subjects’ medical characteristics (n=146).

Medical Characteristicsn (%) / Median (min-max)

Onset of Epilepsy (year)17.5 (1-74)
Duration of Epilepsy (year)11 (0.5-55)
Seizure Frequency (times)1 (0-52)
Seizure Type
 Focal Onset143 (97.9)
 Generalized Onset3 (2.1)
Epileptic focality from EEG
 Right61 (41.8)
 Left60 (41.1)
 Focal Bilateral15 (10.3)
 General3 (2.1)
 No data7 (4.8)
Epilepsy Syndrome (n=139)
 Temporal96 (65.8)
 Extratemporal40 (27.4)
 Generalized3 (2.1)
 No data7 (4.8)
AED Administered
 1 AED95 (65.1)
 2 AED40 (27.4)
 ≥ 3 AED11 (7.5)
Etiology of Epilepsy
 Genetic3 (2.1)
 Unknown Etiology63 (43.2)
 Structural80 (54.7)
  (i) Hippocampal atrophy/sclerosis37 (46.3)
  (ii) Other Structural Abnormalities43 (53.7)
Type of AED
 Valproate42 (28.8%)
 Carbamazepine46 (31.5%)
 Levetiracetam10 (6.8%)
 Phenytoin43 (29.5%)
 Clobazam31 (21.2%)
 Phenobarbital31 (21.2%)
 Clonazepam1 (0.7%)
 Lamictal1 (0.7%)
 Topiramate2 (1.4%)