Citation

Tiamkao S, Kaewkiow N, Pranbul S, Sawanyawisuth K. J. Neurol. Sci. 2014; 336(1-2): 113-115.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; Integrated Epilepsy Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Electronic address: somtia@kku.ac.th.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jns.2013.10.019

PMID

24209899

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Persons with epilepsy (PWEs) are more prone to accidents than healthy people. A previous study provided an online tool to predict the risk of seizure-related injury (SRI) in individual PWEs. There is, however, no validation of the formula. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 10 community hospitals in Thailand. PWEs with an age of over 18years were enrolled and defined by having had a seizure related injury (SRI). The probability of individual PWEs having a SRI was calculated by the online tool (http://sribykku.webs.com). The probability of this happening in all patients was calculated for sensitivity and specificity when compared with real data. RESULTS: There were 316 patients enrolled in the study. Of those, 122 patients (38.6%) had a SRI. The sensitivity and specificity of having a SRI by the online formula were 93.44% and 43.30%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The online formula to predict SRI in PWEs is valid and provided comparable sensitivity and specificity with a previous study that was conducted in the tertiary care hospital.

Language: en