@article{ref1,
title="Validation of a seizure-related injury model",
journal="Journal of the neurological sciences",
year="2014",
author="Kaewkiow, Noppamas and Tiamkao, Somsak and Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak and Pranbul, Sineenard",
volume="336",
number="1-2",
pages="113-115",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Persons with epilepsy (PWEs) are more prone to accidents than healthy people. A previous study provided an online tool to predict the risk of seizure-related injury (SRI) in individual PWEs. There is, however, no validation of the formula. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 10 community hospitals in Thailand. PWEs with an age of over 18years were enrolled and defined by having had a seizure related injury (SRI). The probability of individual PWEs having a SRI was calculated by the online tool (http://sribykku.webs.com). The probability of this happening in all patients was calculated for sensitivity and specificity when compared with real data. RESULTS: There were 316 patients enrolled in the study. Of those, 122 patients (38.6%) had a SRI. The sensitivity and specificity of having a SRI by the online formula were 93.44% and 43.30%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The online formula to predict SRI in PWEs is valid and provided comparable sensitivity and specificity with a previous study that was conducted in the tertiary care hospital.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-510X",
doi="10.1016/j.jns.2013.10.019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2013.10.019"
}