Association between epilepsy and risk of depression: A meta-analysis.
epilepsy patients
search for articles published in Web of Science, Google Scholar and PubMed
computation of odds ratios (ORs)/relative risks (RRs) using STATA 12.0 software
association between epilepsy and risk of depression
Abstract
Recent studies provided inconsistent evidence for the association between epilepsy and risk of depression. We searched for articles published in the databases (Web of Science, Google Scholar and PubMed) and before December 2021. We used STATA 12.0 software to compute odds ratios (ORs)/relative risks (RRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs). The meta-analysis indicated that epilepsy was associated with an increased risk of depression with a random effects model (OR/RR = 2.05; 95% CI: 1.77-2.37, I Epilepsy is at increased risk of depression comorbidity.