title: Validation of a seizure-related injury model.
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 18 years 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; Integrated Epilepsy Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Electronic address: somtia@kku.ac.th.
authors.forename: Somsak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tiamkao
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
authors.forename: Noppamas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaewkiow
authors.affiliation: Integrated Epilepsy Research Group, Khon Kaen University, Thailand; Nursing Division, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sineenard
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pranbul
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand; Researches and Diagnostic Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kittisak
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawanyawisuth
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000639:trends; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Community hospitals; Online; Persons with epilepsy; Predictive model; Seizure-related injury; Validity