Citation

Lin M, Chen J, Li S, Qin Y, Wang X, Liu Y, Abdulaziz ATA, Liu W, Zhou D, Li J. Sci. Rep. 2021; 11(1): e2742.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/s41598-021-81870-9

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Abstract

People with epilepsy (PWE) have an increased suicide prevalence. This study aimed to identify the risk factors for suicidal tendency among PWE in West China. A nested case-control study was designed in a cohort of patients with epilepsy (n = 2087). In total, 28 variates were calculated. In the univariate analysis, unemployment, low income, seizure frequency, seizure-free time, infectious or structural etiology, levetiracetam or phenobarbital use, anxiety, depression, and stigma were associated with suicidal tendency. A multivariate analysis indicated that unemployment (odds ratio [OR] 5.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.13-15.48), levetiracetam use (OR 2.80, 95%CI 1.11-7.05), depression (C-NDDI-E score ≥ 13; OR 3.21, 95%CI 1.26-8.21), and stigma (SSCI score ≥ 16; OR 6.67, 95%CI 1.80-24.69) were independently associated with suicidal tendency. Conditional inference tree analysis indicated that SSCI and C-NDDI-E scores could effectively identify patients with suicidal tendency. Thus, this study suggests that unemployment, levetiracetam use, depression, and stigma are independent risk factors for suicidal tendency in PWE in China.

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