Prevalence of Provocative Seizures in Persons with Epilepsy: A Longitudinal Study at Khon Kaen University Hospital, Thailand

Table 1

Clinical features of persons with epilepsy (PWE) categorized by presence of seizure attacks.

Factors	Seizure attack	No seizure attack	value
Male,	128 (47.58)	59 (52.21)	0.41
Median age, years	37 (26–50)	43 (28–56)	0.01
Median age onset of epilepsy, years	28 (15–41)	36 (18–52)	0.01
Median weight, kg	60 (52–68)	60 (51–67)	0.98
Single status,	115 (42.75)	37 (32.74)	0.06
History of drug allergy,	48 (17.84)	19 (16.81)	0.88
Type of seizure,
Simple partial seizure	25 (9.29)	15 (13.27)	0.27
Complex partial seizure	126 (46.84)	32 (28.32)	<0.01
Generalized tonic clonic seizure	161 (59.85)	66 (58.41)	0.79
Absence seizure	15 (5.58)	4 (3.54)	0.40
Atonic seizure	1 (0.37)	0 (0)	0.99
Myoclonic seizure	3 (1.12)	0 (0)	0.55
Tonic seizure	3 (1.12)	1 (0.88)	0.84
History of status epilepticus	7 (2.60)	3 (2.65)	0.99
Provocative factors
Feeling stressful	96 (35.69)	8 (7.08)	<0.01
Sleep deprivation	125 (46.47)	7 (6.19)	<0.01
Loud noise	6 (2.23)	0 (0)	0.18
Fatigue from works	23 (8.55)	0 (0)	<0.01
Bright light or blinking light	2 (1.12)	0 (0)	0.55
Weather change	6 (2.23)	0 (0)	0.18
Caffeine consumption	11 (4.09)	1 (0.88)	0.12
Alcohol consumption	26 (9.67)	2 (1.77)	<0.01
Menstruation	29 (10.78)	1 (0.88)	<0.01