A Novel Parent Questionnaire for the Detection of Seizures in Children of Spanish-Speaking Families.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:We developed and validated a Spanish seizure screen for children based on a previously validated English seizure screen that could be administered by a trained research assistant in a 2-step process, approximating the clinical diagnostic process of a pediatric epilepsy specialist. This questionnaire was designed to study seizure prevalence in a research population of children at risk for epilepsy. METHODS:Spanish-speaking parents of children 6 months to 17 years old were recruited from the pediatric neurology clinics at Boston Medical Center and interviewed using a computerized questionnaire. A computerized algorithm of parent responses rendered a seizure classification of positive or negative. Blinded to questionnaire results, pediatric neurologists served as the diagnostic gold standard, ranking each patient event using a 4-level scale based on clinical history and examination: (1) not likely, (2) indeterminate, (3) probable, and (4) almost certain where rankings of 3 or 4 lead to a diagnosis of seizure. RESULTS:The questionnaire was completed by 163 enrolled parents. The seizure screen demonstrated a 94.2% sensitivity and 93.7% specificity for identifying seizures. The positive predictive value was 87.5%, and the negative predictive value was 97.2%. CONCLUSIONS:This pediatric seizure questionnaire was both sensitive and specific for detecting clinically confirmed seizures. This tool may be useful to clinicians and researchers in screening large populations of children, decreasing the time and cost of added neurologic assessments.

journal_name

J Child Neurol

authors

Torres AR,Camayd-Muñoz C,Alvarado MC,Perez B,Pou J,Hereen T,Jonas R,Douglass LM

doi

10.1177/0883073820978001

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-18 00:00:00

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883073820978001

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0883-0738

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1708-8283

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