Volume-6, Issue-5, May 2020

Abstract

Psychiatric co-morbidities are frequently encountered in patients of temporal lobe epilepsy but remain unnoticed. So this study was conducted to assess psychiatric co-morbidities and their severity in patients suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). This study was conducted on 50 diagnosed cases of Temporal lobe epilepsy, attending Neurology OPD and who were on medications for more than 1 year. GHQ-12 was applied and patients scoring higher on GHQ 12(>2) were further assessed by psychiatrist and diagnosed accordingly as per ICD-10 diagnostic criteria. Afterwards, Hamilton depression rating scale, Hamilton anxiety rating scale and Brief Psychiatric rating scales were applied for assessing the severity of psychiatric illness in diagnosed patients. Out of total 50 cases of TLE, 29 (58%) presented psychiatric co-morbidities. Majority of these patients had Depression (20%) followed by Generalized Anxiety disorder (10%), Bipolar affective disorder (8%), Panic Disorder (6%), Schizophrenia (6%), Acute transient psychotic disorder (4%) and OCD (4%). Among TLE patient with depression, 40% had moderate to severe depression, similarly among TLE patients with anxiety, 63% had moderate to severe anxiety and among TLE patients with psychosis, 80% had moderate to severe psychosis. This study concludes that high psychiatric co-morbidity in TLE patients emphasizes the need of proper psychiatric evaluation of all the patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.

Keywords: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE), Psychiatric Co-morbidities.

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Keywords: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE), Psychiatric Co-morbidities.

Abstract

Whole world is facing nCovid-19 pandemic presently. In India it its spread is expected more because of more population density so finding new cases is a important step in control of epidemic in India. So this study was conducted in a newly established Government Medical College in western Rajasthan to know the status of testing for nCovid-19 cases. It was found that 2532 samples were received for testing nCovid-19 upto16th May 2020, 77.1% were tested with pendency of 22.1% samples. Out of these tested, results were declared of 96.67% with result awaited of 3.33% samples. Out of 1886 samples with result declared during study period, the positivity rate was found 1.92%. Time lag in sample received and result declared was 0.89±0.31 days. Positive cases were with mean age 34.05±16.28 years and M:F 4.5. Among positive cases majority 35.1% were from Aaspur area of Dungarpur.

Keywords: Coronavirus, nCovid-19, Positivity Rate, Time lag in testing, Dungarpur

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Keywords: Coronavirus, nCovid-19, Positivity Rate, Time lag in testing, Dungarpur