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. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):94–97. doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7227.94

Table 2.

Data on driving, employment, and mental health reported in questionnaires administered by general practitioners and self completed anonymously according to reporting of seizures in past year

Seizures in past year
No seizures in past year
χ2 (P value)
General practitioner (n=42) Anonymous (n=60) General practitioner (n=69) Anonymous (n=51)
No with driving licence 6 24 16 26 17.3 (<0.001)*
No unemployed 14 16 9 7 9.38 (<0.01)
No retired 12 18 22 16
No of patients with scores >8 for:
 Depression 19 5 7.57 (0.006)
 Anxiety 34 19 8.32 (0.004)
 Stigma 33 9 17.53 (<0.0001) 
*

Comparison of proportions=0.237 (95% confidence interval 0.231 to 0.243).