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EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Volume 41, Issue -, Pages 179-182Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.079
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Driving; Epilepsy; Seizures; Safety; Risk; Employment; Male gender
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Objective: Regulations and guidelines regarding driving privileges of patients with epilepsy vary greatly worldwide. The aim of our study was twofold: firstly, to evaluate disobedient drivers in Greece and to elucidate their awareness of the law, emotional responses, and seizure profile and, secondly, to identify determinants of disobedience regarding driving among patients with epilepsy. Methods: All consecutive patients with epilepsy who visited the epilepsy outpatient clinic of two tertiary epilepsy centers were invited to participate in the study. One hundred ninety patients met our inclusion criteria. Results: Fifty-two percent of our study population was aware of the driving restrictions. More than one out of three patients were disobedient (35.8%). Being a male was associated with a 6.07-fold increase in the odds of being disobedient (95% CI: 2.73-13.47, p < 0.001); being employed was associated with a 4.62-fold increase in the odds of being disobedient (95% CI: 2.20-9.68, p < 0.001); and each extra antiepileptic drug (AED) was associated with a decrease in the odds of disobedience by a factor of 0.41 (95% CI: 0.26-0.63, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Male gender, employment, and number of AEDs are important determinants of disobedience regarding driving among patients with epilepsy. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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