Prospective and longitudinal long-term employment outcomes after resective epilepsy surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate long-term employment outcomes after resective epilepsy surgery in a national population-based cohort of adults.

Methods

In the Swedish National Epilepsy Surgery Register, all adults who were operated with resective epilepsy surgery from 1995 to 2010 were identified. Two-year follow-up was available for 473/496, 5-year follow-up for 220/240, 10-year follow-up for 240/278, and 15-year follow-up for 85/109 patients.

Results

There were no significant changes in employment outcome over time at group level, but for those with full-time employment at baseline, 79%, 79%, 57%, and 47% of seizure-free patients were in full-time work at 2-, 5-, 10-, and 15-year follow-up, compared to patients with benefits at baseline, where 16%, 27%, 31%, and 33% of sei

SUBMITTER: Edelvik A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4631069 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature