Table 1.
Characteristics of patients.
| No AED (N = 15) |
AED use (N = 20) |
ESS ≥ 10 (N = 15) |
SDL ≥ 3 (N = 11) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (N = 10) | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Women (N =2 5) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Single (N = 19) | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Employed (N = 24) | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| Mean age | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 |
| Lower secondary education or less (N = 11) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Pre-university education or higher (N = 29) | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Positive seizure history (N = 25) | 5 | 20 | 9 | 10 |
| AED polytherapy (N = 14) | — | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| TSC2 mutation (N = 12) | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
Note. The entire responder group consisted of 35 patients, of whom 20 were currently using AEDs. Fifteen and eleven responders scored high on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and Sleep Diagnosis List (SDL), respectively.