Study of seizure occurrence and its risk factors among the war wounded and other patients with epilepsy using logistic regression model

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that may last a lifetime and will require regular medical care. One of the reasons the disease caused by traumatic head injuries. Some of our nation's veterans during the Iraqi imposed war against Iran, dealing with head trauma after being diagnosed with epilepsy. The seizure of the war wounded and other patients with epilepsy and the factors affecting the occurrence of seizures. Data recorded from male patients with epilepsy referred to Shafa Neuroscience Center between 2007 and 2011. The reason for referring patients is diagnosis of epilepsy and evaluation before surgery. All patients participating in this study have been under the V-EEG. Logistic regression was used to analyze data. The results indicate that among war wounded, seizure Type, duration of epilepsy and IED covariates, only the war wounded has significant effect on seizure accordance (P<0.05). Discussion and Odds of Seizures occurred for war wounded is approximately 4.2 times odds of other patient.