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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsia. 2017 Sep 27;58(11):1946–1954. doi: 10.1111/epi.13911

Table 2:

Baseline demographics of on-line survey respondents participating in a prospective, randomized controlled trial on epilepsy stigma communication

Variable All survey
respondents

N= 295
Social
Inclusion
Video
n = 94
Role
Competency
Video
n= 92
Control
Video

n= 109
Statistic
Age in years
Mean (SD)
23.10 (3.27) 23.13 (3.37) 23.10 (3.32) 23.08 (3.17) .971
(Kruskal Wallis
Test)
Gender – n (%)
-Male
-Female

174 (59.0)
121 (41.0)

60 (63.8)
34 (36.2)

60 (65.2)
32 (34.8)

54 (49.5)
55 (50.5)
.041
(Chi-Square)
Race – n (%)
-White
-African-American
-Asian 
-Multiracial

197 (71.4)
 37 (13.4)
30 (10.9)
12 (4.3)

64 (71.9)
11 (12.4)
7 (7.9)
7 (7.9)

58 (68.2)
14 (16.5)
11 (12.9)
2 (2.4)

75 (73.5)
12 (11.8)
12 (11.8)
3 (2.9)
.425
(Chi-Square)
Ethnicity – n (%)
-Hispanic
-Non-Hispanic

41 (14.1)
249 (85.9)

18 (19.8)
73 (80.2)

9 (9.9)
82 (90.1)

14 (13.0)
94 (87.0)
.145
(Chi-Square)
Education – n (%)
-Grade 12 (High School
Graduate) 
-Some College /
Technical School
- College Graduate

38 (13.1)

92 (31.7)

160 (55.2)

12 (13.0)

32 (34.8)

48 (52.2)

9 (10.0)

31 (34.4)

50 (55.6)

17 (15.7)

29 (26.9)

62 (57.4)
.596
(Chi-Square)
Epilepsy Experience
n (%)
- Does not know anyone
 with epilepsy
-Has epilepsy
-Friend or
acquaintance with
epilepsy
-Family member
 with epilepsy


145 (49.2)

23 (7.8)
122 (41.4)


20 (6.8)


45 (47.9)

12 (12.8)
38 (40.4)


8 (8.4)


47 (51.1)

6 (6.5)
38 (41.3)


5 (5.4)


53 (48.6)

5 (4.6)
46 (42.2)


7 (6.4)
.946a
(Chi-Square)
a

: The categorical variables of epilepsy experience are collapsed into two subgroups: Does not know anyone with epilepsy, and knows someone with epilepsy including self, friend/acquaintance or family member with epilepsy.