Table 2.
Classification of paroxysmal events and percentage of doctors who correctly identified the episodes (N=301).
| Video | Seizure classification | Correct identification, n (%) | P value | |||
| Description only | Description with video | |||||
| Epileptic | ||||||
| 1 | Partial | 266 (88.4) | 262 (87.0) | .78 | ||
| 3 | Spasm | 233 (77.4) | 261 (86.7) | .048 | ||
| 5 | Generalized | 262 (87.0) | 291 (96.7) | .04 | ||
| 7 | Partial | 274 (91.0) | 267 (88.7) | .62 | ||
| 10 | Generalized | 260 (86.4) | 262 (87.0) | .89 | ||
| 11 | Spasm | 232 (77.1) | 260 (87.0) | .048 | ||
| Nonepileptic | ||||||
| 2 | Involuntary movements | 95 (31.6) | 178 (59.1) | <.001 | ||
| 4 | Sleep myoclonus | 204 (67.8) | 230 (76.4) | .07 | ||
| 6 | Tic disorders | 152 (50.5) | 198 (65.8) | .001 | ||
| 8 | Sandifer syndrome | 110 (36.5) | 86 (28.6) | .09 | ||
| 9 | Involuntary movements | 85 (28.2) | 168 (55.8) | <.001 | ||
| 12 | Masturbation | 83 (27.6) | 119 (39.5) | .01 | ||