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1Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
3Department of Neurology, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
4Department of Neurology, Eulji University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
5Department of Neurology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
6Department of Neurology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
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Clinical characteristics of study patients | n |
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Age, mean (range) | 48.1 (9-88) |
Gender | |
Male | 46 |
Female | 34 |
Diagnostic code | |
1. Epilepsy or seizure | 36 |
2. CNS diseases other than epilepsy or seizure | 24 |
3. Other than CNS diseases | 20 |
Final diagnosis | |
1. Epilepsy | 39 |
2. Single seizure | 1 |
3. Either epilepsy or seizure, unclear | 2 |
4. Non-epileptic | 37 |
Prophylaxis for seizure | 4 |
Pain | 29 |
Other (hemifacial spasm, facial nerve injury, | 4 |
oromandibular dyskinesia, and cramps) | |
5. Either epileptic or non-epileptic, unclear | 1 |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
Correct diagnosis (%) |
Reliability: kappa [SE] |
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A | B | A | B | A | B | Inter-rater (A-B) | Test-retest (A) | |
Diagnosis | 97.6 | 100.0 | 94.9 | 97.4 | 0.907 [0.806-1.008] | 0.975 [0.950-1.000] | ||
Activity | 100.0 | 97.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.932 [0.865-0.999] | 0.796 [0.684-0.908] | ||
New onset | 75.0 | 66.7 | 90.9 | 100.0 | 0.728 [0.613-0.843] | 0.641 [0.501-0.781] | ||
Age of onset | 78.0 | 81.0 | 0.753 [0.674-0.832] | 0.697 [0.616-0.778] | ||||
Cause | 85.4 | 92.7 | 0.792 [0.721-0.863] | 0.693 [0.613-0.773] | ||||
Classification | 90.2 | 92.9 | 0.864 [0.771-0.957] | 0.787 [0.670-0.904] |
CNS, central nervous system.
A, Health record administrator (HRA)-A; B, HRA-B; SE, standard error.