Psychiatric and personality factors in pediatric functional seizures: A prospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study assessed psychiatric and personality characteristics in relation to pediatric functional seizures (FS).

Methods

In a 1:1 prospectively matched-control study design, children with documented FS (confirmed via video EEG; ages 13-18) were matched to controls (MCs) on income, sex, race, and age. Primary outcomes were Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2) and Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI). Secondary measures included questionnaires assessing trauma, somatization, body awareness and quality of life (QOL). T-tests investigated differences between groups on T-scores. Due to lack of significant outcomes, an experimental analysis was conducted assessing differences in number of clinically elevated BASC-2 and MACI scores betwe

SUBMITTER: Stager L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9081249 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature