Journal article
Using patient history to distinguish between patients with non-epileptic and patients with epileptic events
Epilepsy & behavior, v 19(3), pp 478-482
Nov 2010
PMID: 20850387
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Abstract
Information obtained during psychological evaluations of 93 patients with epileptic events (EEs) and 63 with nonepileptic events (NEEs) was used to test the relative contributions of multiple risk factors to prediction of NEEs during video/EEG monitoring. The best group of independent predictors of NEEs comprised: (1) age at first spell, (2) symptoms of a psychiatric diagnosis other than anxiety or depression, (3) marital instability, (4) symptoms of an anxiety disorder other than panic disorder, and (5) years of education. Report of childhood abuse or neglect and taking psychotropic medication correlated with most of the other risk factors for NEEs. It may not be necessary to gather data on all of the variables shown to be associated with NEEs. Although there is a high prevalence of risk factors for psychopathology in patients with EEs, it is lower compared with that of patients with NEEs, and patients with EEs are less likely to report multiple risk factors.
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- Title
- Using patient history to distinguish between patients with non-epileptic and patients with epileptic events
- Creators
- Carol J Schramke - Allegheny General HospitalKelly A Kay - Allegheny General HospitalJames P Valeriano - Allegheny General HospitalKevin M Kelly - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Epilepsy & behavior, v 19(3), pp 478-482
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000285451600048
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78649904290
- Other Identifier
- 991019168909704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Behavioral Sciences
- Clinical Neurology
- Psychiatry