Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children with epilepsy in a Thai Hospital
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Article Category: Brief communication (Original)
Published Online: Jan 31, 2017
Page range: 803 - 807
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0906.454
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© 2016 Jarujan Subchartanan, Siriporn Patharathitikul, Weerasak Chonchaiya
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Demographic characteristics of children with epilepsy and healthy controls
| Children with epilepsy (n = 73) | Healthy controls (n = 73) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year, mean ± SD) | 8.9 ± 3.6 | 8.9 ± 3.6 | 0.99 |
| Male, n (%) | 42 (56%) | 42 (56%) | 0.99 |
| Father’s age (year, mean ± SD) | 41.3 ± 8.5 | 41.9 ± 64 | 0.61 |
| Mother’s age (year, mean ± SD) | 36.6 ± 8.4 | 39.1 ± 6.6 | 0.055 |
| Father’s education: bachelor’s degree, n (%) | 6 (8%) | 40 (56%) | 0.001 |
| Mother’s education: bachelor’s degree, n (%) | 6 (8%) | 47 (65%) | <0.001 |
| Father’s occupation: government officer, n (%) | 4 (5%) | 22(31%) | <0.001 |
| Mother’s occupation: government officer, n (%) | 3 (4%) | 25 (35%) | <0.001 |
| Family income (baht/month) | 18,123 ± 13,895 | 57,232 ± 32,710 | <0.001 |
Comparison of baseline and seizure characteristics between children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and without ADHD in the epilepsy group
| ADHD (n = 14) | Non-ADHD (n = 59) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year, mean ± SD) | 7.7 ± 1.5 | 9.1 ± 3.9 | 0.18 |
| Male, n (%) | 7 (50%) | 35 (59%) | 0.53 |
| Age of onset of seizures (y, mean ± SD) | 4.5 ± 2.4 | 5.7 ± 3.5 | 0.24 |
| Duration of seizure-free (mo, mean ± SD) | 13.2 ± 10.3 | 17.6 ± 8.6 | 0.10 |
| Number of antiepileptic drugs (mean ± SD) | 1 ± 0.7 | 1 ± 0.7 | 0.75 |
| Father’s age (y, mean ± SD) | 40.5 ± 7.4 | 41.5 ± 8.7 | 0.72 |
| Mother’s age (y, mean ± SD) | 35.5 ± 8.5 | 36.9 ± 8.4 | 0.57 |
| Father’s education: grade 6, n (%) | 4 (29%) | 23 (39%) | 0.93 |
| Mother’s education: grade 6, n (%) | 1 (7%) | 16 (27%) | 0.34 |
| Father’s occupation: temporary workers, n (%) | 6 (43%) | 26 (44%) | 0.90 |
| Mother’s occupation: temporary workers, n (%) | 6 (43%) | 23 (39%) | 0.61 |
| Family income (Baht/month) | 17,357 ± 9,755 | 18,305 ± 14,770 | 0.82 |