Table 1.
Sociodemographic and telemedicine-related aspects of the cohort (n = 272).
| % (n) | |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic aspects | |
| Gender | Female 55.5 (151) Male 45.5 (121) |
| Age | Mean ± SD 38.7 ± 14.5 years Median: 35 years Range: 17–79 years |
| Number of postponement contacts by telephone | |
| Total number of contacts | 100.0 (278) |
| Single contacts | 98.1 (272) |
| Repeated contacts | 1.9 (6) |
| Change in appointment modality | |
| Patients switched to telemedicine care | 40.1 (109) |
| Patients switched to a later appointment | 61.4 (167) |
| Patients insisting on an urgent appointment | 0.4 (1) |
| Patients refusing a reassessment in general | 0.4 (1) |
| Reaction to canceling of the personal appointment | |
| Angry, upset | 2.9 (8) |
| Lack of understanding | 9.6 (26) |
| Understanding | 88.6 (241) |
| Relief, welcoming the decision | 3.3 (9) |
| Urgency of the appointment from a patient view | |
| Very urgent | 6.6 (18) |
| Urgent | 23.5 (64) |
| Less urgent | 29.8 (81) |
| Not urgent | 39.3 (107) |
| Not available | 2.9 (8) |
| Epilepsy type | |
| Focal epilepsy | 63.4 (174) |
| Generalized epilepsy | 16.2 (44) |
| Focal + generalized epilepsy | 0.7 (2) |
| Other and unknown | 19.1 (52) |
| Seizure types | |
| Focal seizures with or without impaired awareness | 22.1 (60) |
| Focal and focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures | 58.8 (160) |
| Generalized convulsive seizures | 16.5 (45) |
| Other and unknown | 2.6 (7) |
| Severity of epilepsy | |
| Active epilepsy (ongoing seizures) | 76.1 (207) |
| Epilepsy in remission (seizure-free > 12 months) | 19.5 (53) |
| Insufficient data | 4.4 (12) |
| Subjective threat by SARS-CoV-2 from a patient view | |
| Very serious | 5.5 (15) |
| Serious | 35.7 (97) |
| Less serious | 37.5 (102) |
| None | 14.3 (39) |
| Not available | 9.2 (25) |