Table 1.

Demographics of Participants.

Variables Total (n=100) Group 1 (n=60) Group 2 (n=40) P*
Age of child, months
 Median 18.5 18 25 0.27
 Range 3-143 3-126 6-143

Relationship of participant to child, n (%)
 Father 24 (24) 14 (23) 10 (25) 1.0
 Mother 76 (76) 46 (77) 30 (75)

Age of parent, years
 Mean 35.7 35.8 35.7 0.96
 Range 19-54 27-49 19-54

Education of parent, n (%)
 High school graduate 100 (100) 60 (100) 40 (100) 0.1
 University graduate 75 (75) 49 (82) 26 (65)

Number of children in family, median (IQR) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 3) 2 (2, 3) 0.41

Child is firstborn, n (%) 55 (55) 35 (58) 20 (50) 0.54

Influencing factors, n (%)
 Epilepsy in family 3 (3) 1 (2) 2 (5) 0.56
 Febrile seizures in family 13 (13) 4 (7) 9 (23) 0.045
 Child examined by regular pediatrician during the present illness, n (%) 71 (71) 55 (92) 16 (40) <0.001
*Wilcoxon two-sample test, t test, or chi-square comparison of two groups.
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2017 January; 8(1): e0007. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2017 January 30. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10282