Table 2.

Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of the patients included in the analysis (N = 493).

	Total	Epilepsy	PNES	Combined	p-value
N, %	493 (100)	395 (80.12)	56 (11.36)	33 (6.69)
Mean age at evaluation, years (SD)	38.78 (12.79)	38.55 (13.01)	39.98 (11.40)	40.03 (11.97)	0.68
Gender, n (%)					0.001
Females	281 (57.0)	207 (52.41)	43 (78.79)	25 (75.76)
Males	212 (43.0)	188 (47.59)	13 (23.21)	8 (24.24)
Marital status, n (%)					0.001
Single	222 (45.03)	195 (49.37)	14 (25.00)	9 (27.27)
Married	216 (43.81)	162 (41.01)	35 (62.50)	16 (48.48)
Widowed	8 (1.62)	6 (1.52)		1 (3.03)
Divorced	39 (7.91)	25 (6.33)	6 (10.71)	7 (21.21)
Couple	3 (0.61)	3 (0.76)	–	–
Education, n (%)					0.32
Illiterate	3 (0.61)	3 (0.76)	–	–
Primary	79 (16.02)	58 (14.68)	10 (17.86)	11 (33.33)
Secondary	149 (30.22)	115 (29.11)	21 (37.50)	9 (27.27)
Third cycle	145 (29.41)	119 (30.13)	15 (26.79)	7 (21.21)
University	104 (21.10)	88 (22.28)	9 (16.07)	6 (18.18)
Special education	5 (1.01)	5 (1.27)	–	–
Occupation, n (%)					0.002
Employed	202 (40.97)	172 (43.54)	18 (32.14)	8 (24.24)
Unemployed	155 (31.14)	116 (29.37)	21 (37.50)	16 (48.48)
Retired	13 (2.64)	13 (3.29)	–	–
Pensioner	77 (15.62)	52 (13.16)	15 (26.79)	8 (24.24)
Student	41 (8.32)	38 (9.62)	1 (1.79)	1 (3.03)
History of psychiatric disorders, n (%)					<0.001
Alcoholism	4 (0.81)	4 (1.01)	–	–
Mood disorder	91 (18.46)	58 (14.68)	18 (32.14)	16 (48.48)
Multiple	11 (2.23)	4 (1.01)	4 (7.14)	3 (9.09)
No	316 (64.10)	285 (72.15)	18 (32.14)	9 (27.27)
Not defined	6 (1.22)	2 (0.51)	2 (3.57)	1 (3.03)
TOC	1 (0.20)	1 (0.25)	–	–
Personality disorder	45 (9.13)	29 (7.34)	11 (19.54)	3 (9.09)
Peri-ictal psychosis	2 (0.41)	2 (0.51)	–	–
Number of ASMs, median (range)	3 (2, 3)	3 (2, 3)	2 (1–3)	2.5 (2, 3)	<0.001