Cannabis use is both independently associated with and mediates worse psychosocial health in patients with epilepsy
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Fecha de publicación: July 11, 2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2018-319780
Autores: Sandra Wahby, Vikram Karnik, Anita Brobbey, Samuel Wiebe, Tolulope Sajobi, Colin Bruce Josephson.
Background: Consecutive adult epilepsy patients visiting the Calgary Comprehensive Epilepsy Programme clinic were administered validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) including the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E), Quality of Life in Epilepsy (QOLIE-10-P), EuroQOL five dimensions five level scale (EQ-5D-5L), Global Assessment of Severity of Epilepsy Scale, Global Assessment of Disability Associated with Seizures Scale and the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication scale.
