The tendency to have psychogenic non-epileptic attacks out of camera view during long-term video-EEG monitoring.
The aim of this study was to compare out of camera view seizure occurrence rates between psychogenic non-epileptic and epileptic seizures during long-term video-EEG monitoring. From 1996 to 2001, 208 adult patients were monitored in 212 sessions, and 196 patients were included in the study. Depending on video-EEG recordings and witnessed accounts, 18 of the patients had no seizures recorded, 160 had epileptic seizures and 18 had psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, four of whom had psychogenic non-epileptic seizures plus true epileptic seizures. Six hundred and ninety two seizures were recorded; 634 of them were epileptic seizures and 58 of them, psychogenic non-epileptic ones. Out of camera attack occurrence was significantly higher in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic attacks compared with epileptic ones (chi-square with Yates correction = 19.75, df = 1, P< 0.001).
Uluc
Kayihan
K
Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey. kayihanuluc@hotmail.com
Albakir
Meryem
M
Saygi
Serap
S
D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D020937:Epilepsy, Partial, Sensory / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013995:Time; D014743:Videotape Recording