Table 2.
zonisamide treatment | placebo | ||||||
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baseline (n = 23) | 28 days (n = 19) | quantity of alteration (n = 15) a | baseline (n = 22) | 28 days (n = 22) | quantity of alteration (n = 16) a | p* | |
dropouts number (n) | 10 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 18 | |
primary outcome | |||||||
sleep efficiency (%) | 82.81 ± 16.33 | 83.59 ± 14.16 | 0.21 ± 12.35 | 86.45 ± 8.38 | 85.19 ± 11.36 | −2.45 ± 12.53 | 0.556 |
secondary outcomes objective outcome | |||||||
Total sleep time (TST) (min) | 321.87 ± 84.89 | 313.84 ± 105.23 | −11.77 ± 72.10 | 348.30 ± 103.96 | 339.50 ± 115.68 | −15.28 ± 81.81 | 0.9 |
Wake time after sleep onset (WASO) (min) | 72.96 ± 77.79 | 64.71 ± 56.51 | −8.73 ± 60.65 | 54.14 ± 33.78 | 60.67 ± 56.81 | 11.69 ± 65.02 | 0.374 |
Sleep onset latency (SOL) (min). | 30.70 ± 29.13 | 21.84 ± 17.43 | −2.17 ± 23.59 | 32.57 ± 43.61 | 37.61 ± 51.24 | 3.69 ± 31.82 | 0.567 |
REM sleep/non-REM sleep ratio (%) | 20.75 ± 12.27 | 16.66 ± 15.78 | −1.7 ± 17.18 | 17.98 ± 13.44 | 20.62 ± 9.78 | −0.42 ± 11.09 | 0.805 |
Deep sleep (N3) time (min) | 69.30 ± 30.03 | 66.50 ± 38.25 | −8.90 ± 33.08 | 68.09 ± 29.84 | 55.23 ± 27.63 | −13.91 ± 37.84 | 0.699 |
* comparison of quantity of alteration between zonisamide treatment and placebo groups.
a: the quantity of alteration of the EEG/EOG recording system was analyzed patients who had both pre- and post-intervention data.