Table 3.

Traumatic characteristics of patients with/without traumatic experienced seizure (TES).

	At least one traumatic seizure (N = 48)	No traumatic seizure (N = 55)	p
Trauma data
Previous trauma, n (%)	39 (81.25)	26 (47.27)	<0.001*
Number of previous trauma, mean (SD)	1.70 (1.41)	0.70 (0.88)	<0.001***
Age at first trauma, years (SD)	17.37 (10.81)	15.22 (9.64)	0.71***
Onset of trauma before epilepsy, n (%)	18 (37.5)	11 (20)	0.048*
One trauma, n (%)	14 (29.16)	12 (21.81)	0.39*
Several trauma, n (%)	25 (52.08)	14 (25.45)	0.005*
Trauma during adulthood
Sexual, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (1.81)	0.34**
Physical, n (%)	8 (16.66)	3 (5.45)	0.06*
Psychological/emotional, n (%)	19 (39.58)	6 (10.9)	<0.001*
Trauma during childhood
Sexual, n (%)	7 (14.58)	5 (9.09)	0.38*
Physical, n (%)	14 (29.16)	7 (12.72)	0.038*
Psychological/emotional, n (%)	23 (47.91)	16 (29.09)	0.049*
PTSD unrelated to epilepsy
Past PTSD, n (%)	10 (20.83)	4 (7.27)	0.045*
Actual PTSD, n (%)	4 (8.33)	1 (1.81)	0.18**
Post Seizure PTSD (PS-PTSD)
At least one criteria significant of PS-PTSD (PCL 5) n (%)	38 (79.16)	-	-
All 4 criteria fulfilled: PS-PTSD n (%)	16 (33.33)	-	-
Total mean score of PCL-5 (SD)	18.44 (15.30)	-	-
Dissociation tendency(DES)
Total mean score (SD)	13.29 (8.06)	7.18 (7.70)	<0.001***
Depersonalization, mean score (SD)	13.84 (9.38)	7.02 (7.38)	0.001***
Amnesia, mean score (SD)	9.15 (7.97)	4.98 (5.88)	0.01***
Absorption, mean score (SD)	20.13 (13.88)	10.58 (11.68)	0.002***

^*Chi 2;

^**Fisher exact test;

^***Mann–Whitney U-test;

^****Student's t-test.

SD, standard deviation; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; DES, dissociative experiences scale; PCL-5, post-traumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5.

Bold values correspond to significant results.