Long-Term Survival and Outcome in Children Admitted to Kilifi District Hospital with Convulsive Status Epilepticus

Table 2

Responses to Ten Questions Questionnaire in cases and controls.

	Cases 𝑁=110	Controls 𝑁=282	𝑃 value
	Yes	Yes
(1) Child had delay in sitting, standing, or walking	10 (9.1%)	3 (1.1%)	<0.001
(2) Child has difficulty seeing	4 (3.6%)	0 (0%)	0.006
(3) Child appears to have difficulty hearing	11 (10.0% )	7 (2.5% )	0.001
(4) Child understands what you are saying	101 (91.8%)	280 (99.6%)	<0.001
Child does not understand what you are saying	9 (8.2%)	1 (0.4%)	<0.001
(5) Child has difficulty walking or moving his/her arms or has weakness and/or stiffness in arms or legs	13 (11.8%)	1 (0.4%)	<0.001
(6a) Child sometimes has fits, becomes rigid, or loses consciousness^¥	—	5 (1.8%)	Not done
(6b) Since admission to KDH, child has had fits, has become rigid, or has lost consciousness^§	14 (12.7%)	—	Not done
(7) Child learns to do things like other children his/her age	102 (93.6%)	282 (100%)	<0.001
Child does not learn to do things like other children his/her age	7 (6.4%)	0 (0%)	<0.001
(8) Child speaks	99 (90.0%)	281 (99.6%)	<0.001
Child does not speak	11 (10.0%)	1 (0.4%)	<0.001
(9) Child’s speech is different from normal	13 (11.8%)	1 (0.4%)	<0.001
(10) Child appears mentally backward, dull, or slow	14 (12.7%)	1 (0.4%)	<0.001
Other serious health problems	17 (15.7%)	28 (10.0%)	0.111
Child is attending school regularly, no. (%)	48 (43.6%)	143 (50.9%)	0.197

¥Question only for controls.
§Question only for cases.