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Paediatrica Indonesiana

VOLUME 49 May  NUMBER 3

Original Article

The association between onset, frequency, duration of


seizure and IQ level in epileptic children
Yulia, Sjarif Hidayat Effendi, Budi Setiabudiawan

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Abstract pilepsy is a common neurological disorder
Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder found in found in males and females in all races
all races and age groups. Epilepsy becomes a serious problem when and age groups. Epilepsy becomes a serious
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problem when it occurs during the critical
that onset, frequency, and duration of seizures are associated
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determine prognostic and holistic management. figures are not available, it is predicted that the
Objective To determine the association between onset, frequency, LQFLGHQFHLVEHWZHHQSHUSRSXODWLRQ
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Methods This cross sectional study was carried out at the
Department of Child Health, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung,
In the Neuropediatric Outpatient Clinic of Hasan
,QGRQHVLDIURP2FWREHUWR'HFHPEHU7KHVXEMHFWVZHUH Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, the number of epileptic
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acid. Statistic analysis was done using logistic regression analysis,  WR   QHZ FDVHV  LQ  Epilepsy
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is a chronic neurological disease characterized
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VXEMHFWV  VKRZHGRQVHWRIVHL]XUHVDWPRQWKVROGWKHVH by recurrent seizures.  Nowadays, management
VXEMHFWV KDG  KLJKHU ULVN IRU KDYLQJ D ORZ ,4 OHYHO VFRUH of epilepsy is focused on patient quality of life,
 FRPSDUHGWRWKRVHZLWKVHL]XUHRQVHWDWPRQWKVROG with cognition being one of the most important
3  6L[W\VXEMHFWV  KDGDVHL]XUHIUHTXHQF\RI! parameters.13 Some studies reported the relationship
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between epilepsy and cognition dysfunction, especially
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KLJKHUULVNRIKDYLQJDORZ,4FRPSDUHGWRWKRVHZLWKVHL]XUHVRI otherwise. Prospective studies conducted by
PLQXWHV 3   Nolan et al4 and Singhi et alI showed that duration
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From the Department of Child Health, Medical School, Padjadjaran


Keywords: epilepsy, onset, frequency, duration of 8QLYHUVLW\+DVDQ6DGLNLQ*HQHUDO+RVSLWDO%DQGXQJ,QGRQHVLD
seizure, IQ level, Wechsler intelligence scale
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and frequency of seizure were significantly correlated To determine the association between onset,
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epilepsy, while a study conducted by Sturniolo et al used multiple logistic regression analysis. Statistical
showed no influence of sex, social background, age DQDO\VLVZDVSHUIRUPHGXVLQJ6366IRU:LQGRZ
of onset, and seizure type on school achievement. In 1999, SPSS mc, Chicago-Illinois, USA.
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of epileptic children had mental retardation. In
epileptic patients, intelligence is influenced by factors Results
such as brain damage, onset, duration and frequency of
seizures; therefore early intervention can help optimize )URP2FWREHUWR'HFHPEHUVXEMHFWVZHUH
the quality of life of the patients. HOLJLEOH IRU RXU VWXG\ 7KHUH ZHUH  PDOH DQG 
Intelligent assessment of epileptic patients female subjects. The mean age of the subjects was
is important to determine prognostic and holistic  \HDUV ROG &KDUDFWHULVWLFV RI WKH VXEMHFWV DUH
management. Intelligence of school-age children is shown in Table 1.
assessed using the Wechsler Intellegence Scale for ,4 OHYHOV DFFRUGLQJ WR RQVHW RI VHL]XUH ZHUH
&KLOGUHQ :,6& $FFRUGLQJWRWKH:,6&,4OHYHOV GLYLGHGLQWRWZRJURXSVPRQWKVROGDQG18
are classified into very superior (score  VXSHULRU PRQWKV ROG DFFRUGLQJ WR IUHTXHQF\ RI VHL]XUH ,4
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DYHUDJH VFRUH   ORZ DYHUDJH VFRUH   annually, and  WLPHV DQQXDOO\ DQG DFFRUGLQJ
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mental retardation (score  )RUWKHSXUSRVHRI WZRJURXSVPLQXWHVDQGPLQXWHV$OOWKH
RXUVWXG\,4OHYHOVZHUHFODVVLILHGLQWRQRUPDOKLJK VXEMHFWVKDGVHL]XUHPLQXWHVVRIRUWKLVVWXG\
(score  DQGORZ VFRUH 31 The aim of this SXUSRVHWKHVXEMHFWVZHUHFODVVLILHGLQWRPLQXWHV
study was to determine the association between onset, and PLQXWHV
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groups. We identified subjects in both groups with an
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Methods annually and a duration of PLQXWHV1H[WZH
analysed this data using univariate analysis. The data
Epileptic children at the Neuropediatric Outpatient are shown in Table 2.
Clinic of Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, /RZ ,4 OHYHO ZDV IRXQG LQ VLJQLILFDQWO\ PRUH
Indonesia, whose parents had given their consent, FKLOGUHQ ZLWK RQVHW RI VHL]XUH DW  PRQWKV ROG
were enrolled in this study. Diagnosis of epilepsy  WKDQLQWKRVHZLWKRQVHWRIVHL]XUH18 months
was made based on International League against
Epilepsy (ILAE) classification.  The inclusion
FULWHULDZHUHHSLOHSWLFFKLOGUHQDJHG\HDUVROG Table 1. Characteristics of the subjects
being treated with valproic acid. The exclusion Number
criteria were children with congenital anomaly of Subject
characteristics Low IQ Level Normal/High IQ Level
the central nervous system, children with brain (Score <90)
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dysfunction (infection, cerebral palsy, malignancy Age (years)
Interval 6-15 4-14
of the central nervous system), and children with
Mean 10.375 8.1
visual/hearing impairment. Children who fulfilled Sex
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WISC. History of onset, frequency, and duration of Female 7 37
Total 16 74
seizure was recorded. The study was approved by Nutritional Status
Ethic Committee of Hasan Sadikin Hospital. The Well nourished 16 74
HVWLPDWHGVDPSOHVL]HZDV Malnourished 0 0

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Table 2. Univariate analysis of IQ level according to onset, 7KHUHZHUHPRUHPDOHVXEMHFWVIHPDOH 


frequency, and duration of seizure
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IQ statistically significant. This was similar to the findings
Seizure Low Normal/high
of Mac et al34ZKHUHHSLGHPLRORJ\RIHSLOHSV\LQ
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characteristics (score <90) (score >90) Asian countries was studied; here the mean age of
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Onset <18 months old 8 12 0.011 slightly more males than females but that this was not
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&WTCVKQPOKPWVGU 7 18 0.270
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Table 3. Multivariate analysis of IQ level according to onset,
months old, compared to that of epileptic children
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Onset -1.860 0.619 9.034 1 0.003 0.156
Frequency -0.845 1.171 0.521 1 0.470 0.430 with onset of seizure at  PRQWKV ROG 
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Alvarez found that the mean age of onset of seizure
in epileptic patients with mental retardation was 1.3
years old, while Devinsky and Tarulli found this mean
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and in children with duration of seizure PLQXWHV (SD 3  
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3. This analysis showed that there is a significant ZLOOGHFUHDVH,4OHYHO
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epilepsy is very responsive to treatment. Therefore,
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