Table 4.
Social outcomes’ association with seizure control in the patients with JME.
| Seizure Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Patients n = 49 (%) |
Seizure-Free n = 24 (%) |
Ongoing Seizures n =25 (%) |
p-Value | |
| Married | 13 (26.5) | 6 (25.0) | 7 (28.0) | 1.000 b |
| Education, y, mean ± SD | 14.3 ± 2.9 | 14.5 ± 2.9 | 14.0 ± 2.9 | 0.480 a |
| College Education | 28 (57.1) | 14 (58.3) | 14 (56.0) | 1.000 b |
| Employment | ||||
| Employed | 26 (53.1) | 18 (75.0) | 8 (32.0) | 0.004 b * |
| Unemployed | 8 (16.3) | 1 (4.2) | 7(28.0) | 0.049 b * |
| Student (outside the labour force) | 15 (30.6) | 5 (20.8) | 10 (40.0) | 0.217 b |
| Transportation | ||||
| Public transportation | 24 (49.0) | 10 (41.7) | 14 (56.0) | 0.396 b |
| Motorbike only | 12 (24.5) | 5 (20.8) | 7 (28.0) | 0.742 b |
| Car only | 4 (8.2) | 4 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 0.050 b |
| Motobike or car | 25 (51.0) | 14 (58.3) | 11 (44.0) | 0.396 b |
JME, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. a Mann–Whitney U test, b Fisher’s exact test. * Patients who were seizure-free had better employment outcomes compared to those with ongoing seizures.