Risk of recurrence after a first seizure and implications for driving: further analysis of the Multicentre study of early Epilepsy and Single Seizures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine for how long after a first unprovoked seizure a driver must be seizure-free before the risk of recurrence in the next 12 months falls below 20%, enabling them to regain their driving licence.

Design

Randomised controlled trial: Multicentre study of early Epilepsy and Single Seizures (MESS).

Setting

UK hospital outpatient clinics from 1 January 1993 to 31 December 2000.

Participants

People entered MESS if they had had one or more unprovoked seizures and both the participant and the clinician were uncertain about the need to start antiepileptic drug treatment. The subset of people used for this analysis comprised participants aged at least 16 years with a single unprovoked seizure.

Main outcome measure

Risk of seizure recurrence in t

SUBMITTER: Bonnett LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2998675 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature