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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsia. 2020 Nov 30;62(1):41–50. doi: 10.1111/epi.16779

Table 4:

Access to Epilepsy Care and Teleneurology Experience

If your seizures worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, what did you do? Called 911: 12.9% (4/31)
Went to the ED: 32.3% (10/31)
Admitted to the hospital: 16.1% (5/31)
Contacted Neurologist: 22.6% (7/31)
I did not seek help: 48.4% (15/31)
Difficulty obtaining seizure medications 9.6% (17/177)
 Difficulty getting to pharmacy  29.4% (5/17)
 Difficulty contacting pharmacy  11.8% (2/17)
 Difficult reaching physician  41.2% (7/17)
 Pharmacy did not have medication in stock  17.6% (3/17)
 Other  11.8% (2/17)
Have you canceled a Neurology appointment 18.6% (33/177)
Has your Neurologist canceled an appointment 27.7% (49/177)
Have you had a Neurology video visit 22.6% (40/177)
 Did you believe this was an effective way to get
 your epilepsy care? 70.0% (28/40)
Have you had a Neurology telephone visit 59.9% (106/177)
 Did you believe this was an effective way to get
 your epilepsy care? 74.8% (80/107)