Sleep disturbances in people with epilepsy; prevalence, impact and treatment

Subjective sleep disturbance in epilepsy patients at an outpatient clinic: A questionnaire-based study on prevalence

“…However, there has been little research with high level evidence to establish the prevalence of and potential interactions between sleep disorders and epilepsy (van Golde et al, 2011). Accordingly, with high numbers of patients (n > 100) and controls (n > 100), our study may included in these few questionnaire studies that have the highest level evidence (de Weerd et al, 2004;Khatami et al, 2006;van Golde et al, 2011). But the absence of objective sleep tests (i.e.…”

Sleep-related epileptic behaviors and non-REM-related parasomnias: Insights from stereo-EEG

“…[1][2][3][4][5] Reviews have been published on the mutual influence and the interrelationship between epilepsy and sleep. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] The diagnostic challenges of sleep-related epileptic and nonepileptic behaviors like non-rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnias have also been described. [3,4,[14][15][16][17][18] Because of the authors' expertise in sleep medicine, electrophysiology and epilepsy surgery, this article will adopt a different approach and highlight the clinical and pathophysiological insights into sleep-related epileptic and nonepileptic paroxysmal behaviors that were gained from the use of stereoelectroencephalography (S-EEG) recordings during the presurgical evaluation of drug-resistant focal epilepsy.…”

Sleep disorders and circadian rhythm in epilepsy revisited: a prospective controlled study

“…Sleep disturbance is a frequently reported complaint in people with epilepsy [1]. To date, five controlled questionnaire studies with a main focus on sleep disorders, circadian rhythm, and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) comprising ≥100 participants with epilepsy have been published [2][3][4][5][6].…”