Table 3. Perceived well-being and anxiety aspects of PWE during the pandemic period according to the incidence of COVID-19 and the clinical variables of epilepsy.
| Worried about a higher seizure frequency or severity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=46) | No (n=68) | p-value | |
| Family member with COVID-19 | |||
| No | 42 | 52 | 0.041* |
| Yes | 4 | 16 | |
| PWE with COVID-19 | |||
| No | 8 | 60 | 0.600 |
| Yes | 42 | 4 | |
| Seizure frequency before the pandemic | |||
| ≥1 seizure/month (n=39) | 21 | 18 | 0.034* |
| <1 seizure/month (n=75) | 25 | 50 | |
| Depressed - nothing can cheer me up | |||
| Yes (n=41) | No (n=73) | p-value | |
| Number of AEDs taken | |||
| One | 20 | 50 | 0.038* |
| ≥2 | 21 | 23 | |
| Depression in the period before the pandemic | |||
| No | 13 | 60 | 0.006* |
| Yes | 17 | 13 | |
| Worried about being useless | |||
| Yes (n=25) | No (n=89) | p-value | |
| Depression in the period before the pandemic | |||
| No | 12 | 72 | 0.001* |
| Yes | 13 | 17 | |
| Worried about lifestyle changes | |||
| Yes (n=38) | No (n=76) | p-value | |
| Seizure frequency before the pandemic | |||
| ≥1 seizure/month (n=39) | 18 | 21 | 0.036* |
| <1 seizure/month (n=75) | 20 | 55 | |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; PWE: people with epilepsy; AED: antiepileptic drugs; * p<0.05.