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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsia. 2021 May 12;62(7):1643–1655. doi: 10.1111/epi.16921

Table 2.

STAR versus EO Treatment Descriptives

Education Only Group (n=29) STAR Intervention Group (n=27)
M±SD or n (%) M±SD or n (%)
Number who initiated treatment 22 (76%) 23 (85%)
Time from consent to Treatment Session 1 147.4 ± 119 days 125.1 ± 82 days
# of face-to-face sessions completed * 6.0 + 0 5.8 ± 1.0
# of telephone sessions completed 1.9 ± 0.35 1.7 ± 0.62
Monthly Adherence Percentage
 • Baseline 72.95 + 20.1 76.25 + 19.3
 • Month 1 78.63 + 24.6 78.78 + 20.8
 • Month 2 77.33 + 23.5 81.19 + 21.3
 • Month 3 78.48 + 18.2 83.84 + 24.3
 • Month 4 77.73 + 22.1 80.36 + 26.9
 • Month 5 78.25 + 23.3 74.24 + 31.5
 • Month 6 74.77 + 26.0 71.47 + 32.0
 • Month 7 65.00 + 28.7 73.08 + 30.9
 • Month 8 68.06 + 37.2 73.69 + 27.2
 • Month 9 68.74 + 34.0 72.94 + 30.5
 • Month 10 67.57 + 31.2 80.0 + 21.5
 • Month 11 63.51 + 32.2 79.73 + 20.8
 • Month 12 61.81 + 33.3 81.13 + 14.6
 • Month 13 62.43 + 33.8 79.68 + 17.8
 • Month 14 67.19 + 31.8 75.92 + 27.1
 • Month 15 61.67 + 34.2 71.71 + 31.6
 • Month 16 61.77 + 28.3 82.34 + 21.3
Presence of Seizures in the Past Three Months (% Yes)
 • Baseline 16 (55%) 14 (52%)
 • Post-treatment 5 (24%) 1 (4%)
 • 3-month follow-up 9 (41%) 6 (26%)
 • 6-month follow-up 6 (30%) 6 (27%)
 • 12-month follow-up 7 (35%) 8 (38%)
PedsQL Total Score: Caregiver Report
 • Baseline 81.15 ± 14.6 84.23 ± 10.8
 • Post-treatment 79.84 ± 15.2 84.08 ± 12.5
 • 3-month follow-up 85.37 ± 11.5 79.10 ± 15.3
 • 6-month follow-up 81.03 ± 16.4 85.00 ± 9.8
 • 12-month follow-up 81.01 ± 12.8 82.93 ± 10.8
PedsQL Total Score: Child Report
 • Baseline 77.13 ± 13.9 73.00 ± 12.8
 • Post-treatment 75.96 ± 12.9 73.15 ± 18.9
 • 3-month follow-up 78.23 ± 15.7 73.00 ± 19.8
 • 6-month follow-up 80.40 ± 12.5 78.06 ± 16.3
 • 12-month follow-up 82.04 ± 13.2 80.32 ± 11.1
Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Total Score (Caregiver Report)
 • Baseline 74.08 ± 12.2 72.31 ± 12.0
 • Post-treatment 75.41 ± 12.2 75.28 ± 11.6
 • 3-month follow-up 76.86 ± 13.3 73.51 ± 14.6
 • 6-month follow-up 75.42 ± 14.0 76.68 ± 11.3
 • 12-month follow-up 77.86 ± 13.0 77.81 ± 11.4

Note:

*

One STAR participant initiated Session 1 but did not complete additional sessions due to multiple family stressors.