Table 1

Demographic information for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and control group.

VariablesPatients (n=25)Control (n=25)
Age at the time of testing mean± SD (min-max)35±0.50 (20.00-35.00)34.50±0.62 (20.00-35.00)
Age at epilepsy onset30 (0.40)
Gender, n (%)
 Female13 (52)13.0 (52)
 Male12 (48)12.0 (48)
Economic status, n (%)
 LowerNilNil
 Middle14 (56)15.0 (60)
 Higher11 (44)10.0 (40)
Education, n (%)
 PrimaryNilNil
 Secondary15 (60)14.0 (56)
 Higher10 (40)11.0 (44)
Epilepsy onset, n (%)
 Right Frontal12 (48)Nil
 Left Frontal13 (52)Nil
 Seizure frequency per month12 (1.20)Nil
Laterality n (%)
 Right focal abnormality n (%)11 (52)
 Left focal abnormality n (%)12 (48)
 Bilateral n (%)2 (8)
 WAIS Full IQ100.2 (2.68)101.1 (2.15)
DASS Depression4.60 (1.80)*5.84 (2.09)*
DASS Anxiety3.60 (1.43)*4.30 (1.36)*
DASS Stress2.34 (0.88)*2.08 (0.94)*
EI77.84 (15.17)101.0 (8.66)
  • WAIS - wechsler adult intelligence scale, DASS - depression, anxiety and stress scale, EI - emotional intelligence,

  • * normal,

  • t (24)= 1.48, p=0.15,

  • t (24)= 50.14, p<0.001