Accident risk in patients with epilepsy.
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A):175-8.Accident risk in patients with epilepsy.1, , .1Departament of Neurology, Medical Sciences School, Campinas State University, Campinas, SP, Brazil.AbstractOBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of accidents in patients with uncontrolled seizures, in seizure-free patients, and in patients with chronic headache.METHOD: This was a prospective longitudinal case-controlled study with interviews. A semi-structured questionnaire was used in the epilepsy and headache outpatient clinics of the Hospital das Clínicas of UNICAMP.RESULTS: Group I was composed of 48 patients with uncontrolled seizures, group II was composed of 24 seizure-free patients and group III was composed of 32 patients with headache. Thirty-nine patients (81%) in group I, 13 (54%) in group II, and 19 (59%) in group III reported accidents in the last two years. In the first group, 649 accidents (89%) were related to epileptic seizures and the average number of accidents not related to seizures was 1.7. The average number of accidents in groups II and III were both 2.4.CONCLUSION: Epileptic seizure was the most important factor determining the occurrence of accidents in people with epilepsy.PMID:
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