Table 1.
Characteristics of the included papers
| Authors: | Roeder | Caplan | Adewuya | Dunn | Turky | Buelow | Jones | Oguz | Thome-Souza | Ettinger | Baki |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of the journal and time of publication | Epilepsia 2009 | Epilepsia 2005 | Epilepsy & Behaviour, 2005 | Dev Med Child Neurol,2009 | Epilepsy & Behaviour, 2008 | Dev Med Child Neurol, 2003 | Dev Med Child Neurol, 2007 | J Child Neurol, 2002 | Epilepsy & Behavior, 2004 | Epilepsia, 1998 | Epilepsy & Behavior, 2004 |
| Region | USA | USA | NIGERIA | USA | UK | USA | USA | Turkey | Brazi | USA | Turkey |
| Sample size | 96 | 171 | 102 | 173 | 56 | 164 | 53 | 35 | 55 | 42 | 35 |
| Gender | Female:54 | F :53% | F:37 | M = 88 | M = 25 | M = 83 | M = 31 | Not included | M = 28 | M = 23 | M = 20 |
| Male:42 | M: 47% | M: 65 | F = 85 | F = 31 | F = 81 | F = 22 | F = 27 | F = 19 | F = 15 | ||
| Age(mean) | 11.3 years (6-17) | 10.3 years (5-16) | 14.46 years (12-18) | 11.7 years (9-14) | 12 years (4-17) | 9-14 years | 11.5 years (8-18) | 12.9years (9-18) | 4-18 years | 7-18 years | 7-19 years |
| Rate of depression | 36.5% | 5.2% | 28.43% | 10% | 39.6% | 20% | 22.6% | 28.6% | 36.4%, | 26% | 12% |
| Correlated factors | longer duration of epilepsy, focal seizure, and poly- therapy | Female gender, older patients, and focal seizure (CPS) | poly-therapy | - | female gender, poor control severity of epilepsy | - | Focal seizure | Longer duration of epilepsy, Polytherapy, olde age. | focal seizure, | - | - |