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Psychologic and social adjustment to epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota

Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Harvard University. Cambridge. MA (Drs. Trostle and Hauser)
Department of Neurology, Harvard University. Cambridge. MA (Dr. Sharbrough)
Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN. Drs. Trostle and Hauser are Visiting Scientists from the Institute for International Development and Department of Social Medicine, Harvard University. Cambridge. MA (Dr. Trostle)
Sergievsky Center and Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY. (Dr. Hauser)

The psychologic and social aspects of epilepsy have rarely been assessed in community-based samples. We administered the Washington Psychosocial Seizure Inventory in 1985-1986 to 125 nonretarded adults, 18 to 59 years of age, who in 1980 had active epilepsy and resided in Rochester, Minnesota. Individuals having seizures or taking anticonvulsant medications within the past 12 months had somewhat poorer adjustment than those without recent seizures or medications, but even this more severely affected group appeared relatively well adjusted.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Sharbrugh, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

Supported in part by grants to Dr. Trostle from the Epilepsy Foundation of America, NIMH Research Fellowship No. MH09039-03, The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the Rennie Endowment, University of California, Berkeley.

Received May 23, 1988. Acceptad for publication in final form November 16, 1988.

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