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ObjectiveAccurate estimates of the incidence and prevalence of epilepsy allow us to better assess its societal impact. Prevalence and incidence studies often use unvalidated screening tools resulting in estimates of uncertain accuracy. We present the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging—Epilepsy Algorithm (CLSA‐EA) as well as the results of our validation study designed to estimate the diagnostic...
ObjectiveTo describe the diagnostic accuracy of screening questionnaires to identify epilepsy in adults, we performed a systematic review of diagnostic studies that assessed the sensitivity and specificity of such screening questionnaires as compared to a physician's clinical assessment.
MethodsWe searched Ovid MEDLINE (1946 to present) and Ovid EMBASE (1947 to present) for studies that estimated...
Purpose: To validate a brief screening instrument for identifying people with epilepsy in epidemiologic or genetic studies.
Methods: We designed a nine‐question screening instrument for epilepsy and administered it by telephone to individuals with medical record–documented epilepsy (lifetime history of ≥2 unprovoked seizures, n = 168) or isolated unprovoked seizure (n = 54), and individuals who...
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