Chronotypes and subjective sleep parameters in epilepsy patients: a large questionnaire study

Chronobiology International
Wytske A HofstraAl de Weerd

Abstract

Accumulating evidence suggests epilepsy and seizures may influence circadian rhythms and that circadian rhythms may influence epilepsy. It is also conceivable that seizure timing influences the timing of daily activities, sleeping, and wakefulness (i.e., chronotype). Only one group has studied the distribution of chronotypes of epileptics, showing significant differences between the diurnal activity patterns in two groups of patients with different epilepsy syndromes. The authors performed a questionnaire-based study of 200 epilepsy patients to compare the distribution of chronotypes and subjective sleep parameters of sleep duration and time of mid-sleep on free days to the distribution in the general population (n = 4042). Within this large group of epilepsy patients, we also compared the chronotypes of subsamples with well-defined epilepsy syndromes, i.e., temporal lobe epilepsy [TLE; n = 46], frontal lobe epilepsy [FLE; n = 30], and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy [JME; n = 38]. In addition, 27 patients who had had surgery for TLE were compared with those with TLE who had not had surgery. Both the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire and Munich Chronotype Questionnaire were used to determine chronotypes and subjective sleep par...Continue Reading

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