Table 4: Relationship between seizure variables and psychosocial problems.
Seizure Variables |
Psychosocial problems |
Wald (p- value) |
|
Negative n (%) |
Positive n (%) |
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Predominant Seizure Type |
|
|
|
Generalised Tonic Clonic |
46 (44.2) |
19 (46.3) |
15.044 (0.010)* |
Atonic |
9 (8.7) |
6 (14.6) |
|
Absence |
12 (11.5) |
4 (9.8) |
|
Focal impaired awareness (complex partial) |
28 (26.9) |
3 (7.3) |
|
Focal to bilateral Tonic Clonic (Partial with secondary generalisation) |
6 (5.8) |
9 (22.0) |
|
Focal Aware (simple partial) |
3 (2.9) |
0 (0.0) |
|
Total |
104 (100.0) |
41 (100) |
|
Number of Seizures in the past one year |
|||
None |
40 (38.5) |
8 (19.5) |
4.93 (0.026)* |
01-Dec |
53 (51.0) |
27 (65.9) |
|
Greater than 12 |
11 (10.6) |
6 (14.6) |
|
Total |
104 (100.0) |
41 (100) |
|
Number of AEDs |
|||
One |
80 (76.9) |
25 (61.0) |
3.744 (0.064) |
More than 1 |
24 (23.1) |
16 (39.0) |
|
Total |
104 (100) |
41 (100) |
*Statistically significant at p < 0.05; Negative for psychosocial problems: PSC < 28; Positive psychosocial problems: PSC ≥ 28