Characteristics of 698 patients with dissociative seizures: A UK multicenter study

• Published in: Epilepsia (Copenhagen) Vol. 60; no. 11; pp. 2182 - 2193
• Main Authors: Goldstein, Laura H., Chalder, Trudie, Eastwood, Carole, Landau, Sabine, Medford, Nick, Moore, Michele, Mosweu, Iris, Perdue, Iain, Pilecka, Izabela, Richardson, Mark P., Carson, Alan, Stone, Jon, Abe, Anne‐Mary, Agrawal, Niruj, Allroggen, Holger, Angus‐Leppan, Heather, Armstrong, Richard, Bennett, Masha, Blackburn, Daniel, Bodani, Mayur, Broadhurst, Mark, Brockington, Alice, Bruno, Elisa, Buckley, Mary, Burness, Christine, Chong, Sam, Chowdury, Fahmida, Cikurel, Katia, Cocco, Giovanni, Cock, Hannah, Copping, Amy, Delamont, Robert, Dennis, Gary, Derry, Christopher, Devlin, Rebecca, Dickson, Jon M, Duncan, Susan, Elvish, Jennifer, Elwes, Robert, Eriemo, Sandra, Eriksson, Sofia, Faruqui, Rafey, Flores, Lorena, Firth, Nick, Graham, Christopher, Green‐Thompson, Zayn, Grunewald, Richard, Hamandi, Khalid, Harding, Rachel, Harikrishnan, Sreedharan, Harrison, Simon, Healy, Helen, Hunt, Heloise, Hussain, Abrar, Jensch, Graham, Jordan, Harriet, Knibb, Jonathan, Kock, Norman, Koutroumanidis, Michael, Kovac, Stjepana, Laker, Andy, Liu, Rebecca, Ludwig, Lea, MacDonald, Bridget, MacGregor, Lindsey, Manford, Mark, McKeown, Kenneth, McKevitt, Fiona, Memon, Shafqat, Mitchell, Tejal N, Moran, Nicholas, Morgan‐Boon, Aimee, Nashef, Lina, Page, Lisa, Petrochilos, Panayiota, Phoenix, Danielle, Pickerell, William, Poole, Norman, Protheroe, David, Purnell, James, Rugg‐Gunn, Fergus, Sachar, Amrit, Samarasekera, Shanika, Sanchez Sanchez, Violeta, Santhouse, Alastair, Shetty, Abhijeeth, Shotbolt, Paul, Simkiss, Rachel, Sivagnanasundaram, Jananee, Slaght, Sean, Sokhi, Dilraj, Suvorova, Liya, Taylor, Ruth, Teare, Lara, Tedesco, Lorenza, Toplis, Laura, Tsakopoulou, Myrto, Vick, Tracey, Wehner, Tim, Weyrich, Kirstin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Cohort Studies; demographics; deprivation; dissociative (nonepileptic) seizures; Dissociative Disorders - diagnosis; Dissociative Disorders - epidemiology; Dissociative Disorders - physiopathology; Electroencephalography - trends; Female; Full‐length Original Research; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; onset; Retrospective Studies; Seizures - diagnosis; Seizures - epidemiology; Seizures - physiopathology; semiology; United Kingdom - epidemiology; Young Adult; United Kingdom; deprivation; semiology; dissociative (nonepileptic) seizures; onset; demographics

Objective We aimed to characterize the demographics of adults with dissociative (nonepileptic) seizures, placing emphasis on distribution of age at onset, male:female ratio, levels of deprivation, and dissociative seizure semiology. Methods We collected demographic and clinical data from 698 adults...