Four-year incidence of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in adults in hamilton county, OH

Neurology. 2000 Nov 28;55(10):1561-3. doi: 10.1212/wnl.55.10.1561.

Abstract

In this retrospective study, the incidence of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in Hamilton County, OH, between 1995 and 1998 was determined. The mean incidence of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures was 3.03/100,000, with the highest incidence in 1998 (4.6/100,000). Most patients with the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures were aged 25 to 45 years (4.38/100,000).

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / epidemiology*
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ohio / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies