Table 5.
Frequency and clinical characteristics of patients with epilepsy-related injuries and accidents (ntotal = 292, nERIA = 41).
| Epilepsy related injuries and accidents | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No n (%) | Yes n (%) | Total | Chi-square | p-value | p-value corrected | ||
| Age | ≥50years | 82(87.2) | 12(12.8) | 94 | 0.2310 | 0.631 | 0.688c |
| <50 years | 166(85.1) | 29(14.9) | 195 | ||||
| Duration of epilepsy | ≥10 years | 114(84.4) | 21(15.5) | 135 | 0.4000 | 0.527 | 0.688c |
| <10 years | 128(87.1) | 19(12.9) | 147 | ||||
| Sex | Male | 110(84.6) | 20(15.4) | 130 | 0.2784 | 0.598 | 0.688c |
| Female | 138(86.8) | 21(13.2) | 159 | ||||
| EPILEPSY SYNDROME | |||||||
| Focal epilepsy | 184(84.8) | 33(15.2) | 217 | 0.8103 | 0.368 | 0.688c | |
| IGE | 51(89.5) | 6(10.5) | 57 | ||||
| NEWLY DIAGNOSED EPILEPSYa | |||||||
| Yes | 16(84.2) | 3(15.8) | 19 | 0.0429 | 0.836 | 0.688c | |
| No | 232(85.9) | 38(14.1) | 270 | ||||
| SEIZURE FREQUENCY | |||||||
| Seizure free > 1 year | Yes | 91(96.8) | 3(3.2) | 94 | 13.8347 | <0.001 | 0.006c |
| No | 157(80.5) | 38(19.5) | 195 | ||||
| No GTCS > 1 year | Yes | 179(92.3) | 15(7.7) | 194 | 20.1980 | <0.001 | 0.006c |
| No | 69(72.6) | 26(27.4) | 95 | ||||
| Refractory epilepsyb | Yes | 57(76.0) | 18(24.0) | 75 | 8.0117 | 0.005 | 0.02c |
| No | 191(89.3) | 23(10.7) | 214 | ||||
| SEIZURE SEMIOLOGY | |||||||
| Ictal falls | Yes | 169(82.4) | 36(17.6) | 205 | 6.2858 | 0.012 | 0.036c |
| No | 77(93.9) | 5(6.1) | 82 | ||||
| Ictal loss of consciousness | Yes | 198(83.5) | 39(16.5) | 237 | 5.2314 | 0.022 | 0.044c |
| No | 48(96.0) | 2(4.0) | 50 | ||||
| Inadequate peri-ictal behavior | Yes | 44(75.9) | 14(24.1) | 58 | 4.3352 | 0.017 | 0.036c |
| No | 202(88.2) | 27(11.8) | 229 | ||||
| Nocturnal seizures only | Yes | 6(75.0) | 2(25.0) | 8 | 0.8299 | 0.362 | 0.688c |
| No | 240(86.3) | 38(13.7) | 278 | ||||
a
Newly diagnosed epilepsy, new onset epilepsy with ≥ 2 seizures within the last 12 months.
b
According to ILAE guidelines, IGE, idiopathic generalized epilepsy; GTCS, generalized tonic clonic seizure.
c
Adjusted for multiple testing using Benjamini-Hochberg-Adjustment.