@article{ref1,
title="Self-rated and assessed cognitive functions in epilepsy: impact on quality of life",
journal="Epilepsy research",
year="2014",
author="Giovagnoli, Anna Rita and Parente, Annalisa and Tarallo, Anna and Casazza, Marina and Franceschetti, Silvana and Avanzini, Giuliano",
volume="108",
number="8",
pages="1461-1468",
abstract="AIM OF THE STUDY: To compare the effects of perceived and assessed cognitive functions on quality of life (QoL) in patients with epilepsy (PWE). <br><br>METHODS: The study analyzed the data from a series of PWE who compiled the Quality of Life in Epilepsy-89 Inventory (QOLIE-89) and the Multiple Ability Self-Report Questionnaire (MASQ) for QoL and perceived cognitive abilities, respectively. The State-Trait Anxiety and Beck Depression inventories were used to assess mood. Neuropsychological tests evaluated abstract reasoning, attention, conceptual-motor tracking, constructional praxis, language, verbal and non-verbal memory, abstraction, category shifting, verbal fluency, and visual-spatial abilities. <br><br>RESULTS: The QOLIE-89 overall score was predicted by the Mood and Attention and Executive Functions factors and MASQ scores, explaining 38, 6, and 4% of its variance, while disease duration, seizure frequency, and schooling determined 16%. The QOLIE-89 Psychosocial, Cognitive, and Physical Performance sub-domains related to mood. The Cognitive and Physical Performance factors also related to the MASQ and Attention and Executive Functions factor scores, respectively. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In PWE, self-rated and assessed cognitive deficits may influence QoL, explaining 10% of its variance irrespective from mood and clinical variables. Treating cognitive deficits and their perception may help improve QoL.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0920-1211",
doi="10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.06.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.06.002"
}