Motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and assaults in epilepsy: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal of our study was to compare the incidence of motor vehicle accidents (MVA), attempted or completed suicides, and injuries inflicted by others between individuals with and without epilepsy.

Methods

Individuals with and without epilepsy were identified using linked administrative databases between 1996 and 2003 in a Canadian health region with a 1.4 million population. We used a validated epilepsy case definition: anyone who had 2 physician claims, one hospitalization, or one emergency room visit coded with an International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9-CM or ICD-10 epilepsy code any time during a 2-year period. Four subjects without epilepsy were matched to one patient with epilepsy by age (within 1 year) and sex. The incidence of MVAs, attempted or c

SUBMITTER: Kwon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3053330 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature