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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Nov 21;31(2):152–158. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.18080177

Table 3.

Medical Exams and Results of Local and Remotely Evaluated Cohorts

Local (n=16) Remote (n=56) P Value
Brain MRI, N. (%) 14 (87.5) 48 (85.7) 0.8555
  Normal MRI, N. (%) 4 (25.0) 18 (32.1) 0.6021
  Abnormal MRI, N. (%) 9 (56.3) 29 (51.8)
Routine EEG, N. (%) 12 (75.0) 32 (57.1) 0.1963
  Abnormal rEEG, N. (%) 4 (25.0) 11 (34.4) 0.8954
  Epileptiform Activity, N. (%) 0.7735
      None, N. (%) 9 (56.3) 23 (41.1)
      Spikes, N. (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8)
      Sharps, N. (%) 1 (6.3) 2 (3.6)
      Slowing, N. (%) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.6)
      Generalized Epileptiform
      Discharge, N. (%)
2 (12.5) 2 (3.6)
Ambulatory EEG, N. (%) 5 (31.3) 5 (8.9) 0.0228*
  Abnormal aEEG, N. (%) 1 (20.0) 2 (40.0) 0.1819
  Epileptiform Activity 0.2439
      None, N. (%) 4 (25.0) 3 (5.4)
      Slowing, N. (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8)
Video EEG, N. (%) 14 (87.5) 52 (92.9) 0.4941
  Abnormal vEEG, N. (%) 4 (28.6) 13 (25.0) 0.8813
  Epileptiform Activity, N. (%) 0.5296
     None, N. (%) 10 (62.5) 41 (73.2)
     Spikes, N. (%) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.6)
     Sharps, N. (%) 1 (6.25) 0 (0.0)
     Sowing, N. (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8)
     Generalized Epileptiform
     Discharge, N. (%)
1 (6.3) 2 (3.6)
     Other, N. (%) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8)
Elemental Neuro Exam
 Abnormal, N. (%)
12 (75) 32 (57) 0.3166

Abbreviations: MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; EEG, Electroencephalography; rEEG, Routine EEG; aEEG, Ambulatory EEG; vEEG, Video EEG; N., Number.

*

, Indicates statistically significant differences between local and remote groups.