Psychomotor function in children with epilepsy seen at a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria: does treatment with anti-epileptic drugs have any effect?

Table 4 Association of psychomotor test scores with seizure and treatment characteristics

Characteristics	Auditory reaction^α			Visual reaction^α			Tapping Task^β
Characteristics	Duration (SD)	F	p	Duration (SD)	F	p	Duration (SD)	F	p
Age at epilepsy onset
< 5 years	523 (171)	4.912	0.028*	519 (159)	14.560	< 0.001*	48.49	1.028	0.312
≥ 5 years	469 (139)	4.912	0.028*	435 (117)	14.560	< 0.001*	49.78	1.028	0.312
Duration of epilepsy
≤ 5 years	501 (152)	0.790	0.375	483 (149)	1.195	0.276	48.54	2.031	0.156
> 5 years	478 (164)	0.790	0.375	456 (132)	1.195	0.276	50.44	2.031	0.156
Type of seizure
Focal	536 (220)	3.401	0.067	472 (30)	0.007	0.932	49.67	0.157	0.693
Generalised	481 (132)	3.401	0.067	475 (12)	0.007	0.932	49.06	0.157	0.693
Seizure frequency
0–1 in 2 years	481 (126)	0.098	0.906	440 (117)	1.026	0.361	50.99	1.367	0.258
≤ 1 seizure/month	495 (177)			476 (157)			49.36
> 1 seizure/month	495 (130)			489 (129)			47.83
Duration of treatment
< 5 years	497 (144)	4.631	0.0341*	477 (145)	2.335	0.131	47.96	3.244	0.076
≥ 5 years	424 (97)	4.631	0.0341*	424 (99)	2.335	0.131	52.10	3.244	0.076
Number of AEDs
Monotherapy	478 (142)	0.002	0.960	460 (137)	0.305	0.583	49.01	0.010	0.922
Polytherapy	480 (85)	0.002	0.960	487 (125)	0.305	0.583	49.33	0.010	0.922

*Significant at p < 0.05; α—lower values indicate better performance; β—higher values indicate better performance