Front Neurol. 2025 Jul 2;16:1576177. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1576177. eCollection 2025.
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The study was carried out to determine the COVID-19 fear and sleep quality of people with epilepsy.
METHODS: The data of this descriptive study were collected from November 2021 to February 2022 with 92 people with epilepsy in the neurology department of a hospital in eastern Türkiye. The Descriptive Information Form, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and COVID-19 Fear Scale were used to collect the data for the study.
RESULTS: The mean COVID-19 score of people with epilepsy was found to be 13.55 ± 7.95, and the mean sleep quality score was 1.67 ± 1.69. Significant differences were detected in the mean fear scores of people with epilepsy according to their working status and perceived health status. It was also found that there was a significant correlation between the duration of epilepsy and sleep quality (p < 0.05). No significant differences were detected between the seizure types, number of seizures, number of medications used, presence of comorbid diseases, and fear and sleep quality (p > 0.05). No significant relations were detected between the sleep scale and its subcomponents and the COVID-19 Fear Scale (p > 0.05).
CONCLUSION: It was found that the COVID-19 fear levels of people with epilepsy were at a moderate level and their sleep quality was good.
PMID:40672463 | PMC:PMC12264336 | DOI:10.3389/fneur.2025.1576177
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