The National Comorbidity Survey – Replication (NCS-R) study was a US epidemiological survey that conducted surveys of English-speaking households in the US.1 One analysis of the NCS-R dataset attempted to examine whether self-reported epilepsy was associated with chronic physical and mental disorders, and the extent to which the comorbidities of epilepsy account for the burden of epilepsy.1
References:
1.Kessler RC, Lane MC, Shahly V, Stang PE. Accounting for comorbidity in assessing the burden of epilepsy among US adults: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Mol Psychiatry 2012; 17 (7): 748–758.
2.Novy J, Bell GS, Peacock JL, et al. Epilepsy as a systemic condition: link with somatic comorbidities. Acta Neurol Scand 2017; 136 (4): 352–359.
3.Kotsopoulos IAW, Evers SMAA, Ament AJHA, de Krom MC. Estimating the costs of epilepsy: an international comparison of epilepsy cost studies. Epilepsia 2001; 42 (5): 634–640.
4.Lee WC, Arcona S, Thomas SK, et al. Effect of comorbidities on medical care use and cost among refractory patients with partial seizure disorder. Epilepsy Behav 2005; 7 (1): 123–126.
