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Long-term follow-up after comprehensive rehabilitation of persons with epilepsy, with emphasis on participation in employment or education.

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posted on 2024-10-31, 08:48 authored by Ewa Wadhagen Wedlund, Lena Nilsson, Anette Erdner, Torbjörn TomsonTorbjörn Tomson
The objective of this study was to describe the current situation of patients with epilepsy after rehabilitation with emphasis on employment and education and to investigate if clinical factors at admission were associated with increase in employment or education. All patients that participated in a comprehensive rehabilitation were eligible. Data were collected from medical records at admission, during rehabilitation, at discharge and from a structured telephone interview at follow-up 1-17 years after admission. In total, 124 patients participated in the follow-up. Participation in employment or education improved from admission to follow-up in 38 patients. In univariable analysis, active epilepsy with tonic-clonic seizures at admission was significantly associated with increased participation in employment or education at follow-up, so was decreased frequency of tonic-clonic seizures from admission to follow-up. The significance of the associations disappeared in adjusted multivariable analysis. Participation in employment or education was improved for many patients at follow-up.

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Published

Sub type

Article

Journal

Epilepsy Behav

ISSN

1525-5050

eISSN

1525-5069

Volume

25

Issue

2

Pagination

219-223

Language

  • eng

Original self archiving date

2013-05-15

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