Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the evaluated scores

Neurological Disorder Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E), (n = 460), mean ± SD [range]

11.3 ± 4.3 [6–24]

- threshold for the presence of relevant depressive symptoms exceeded (score ≥ 14)

n = 129; 27.1%

Revised Epilepsy Stigma Scale (rESS), (n = 472), mean ± SD [range]

2.0 ± 2.5 [0–9]

Seizure Worry Scale (SWS), (n = 475), mean ± SD [range]

3.5 ± 1.8 [0–6]

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (n = 466), mean ± SD [range]

12.7 ± 6.5 [2–35]

HADS Anxiety

6.0 ± 4.2 [0–19]

HADS Depression

6.7 ± 2.9 [1–17]

- threshold for the presence of relevant depressive symptoms exceeded (HADS-D score ≥ 8)

n = 157; 33.0%

- threshold for the presence of relevant anxiety symptoms exceeded (HADS-A score ≥ 8)

n = 150; 26.8%