Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Sample. N=20.

Variable	M(SD)	Range	N
Age (in years)	70	60–80
Years since diagnosis	4.1	0.5–10
Education (years of school completed)	13.5	7–20
Co-morbidities in addition to epilepsy	2.5	1–4
Race
Caucasian			n = 19
African American			n = 1
Gender
Male			n = 8
Female			n = 12
Income (annual)
< $20,000			n = 4
$21,000–$40,000			n = 3
$41,000–$60,000			n = 6
$61,000–$100,000			n = 5
> $100,000			n = 2
Employment
Working full-time			n = 2
Working part-time			n = 3
Retired			n = 14
Disability			n = 1
Type of epilepsy
Tonic clonic			n = 4
Partial with experiences of tonic clonic at times			n = 16
Insurance
Medicare			n = 17
Private			n = 2
None			n = 1
Relationship status
Married			n = 14
Single (includes divorced or widowed)			n = 4
Living with significant other			n = 2
Seizure Frequency
Daily			n = 1
Weekly			n = 2
Monthly			n = 4
Bi-monthly			n = 8
Bi-annually			n = 4
Fewer than one per year			n = 1