Validation of Two Prognostic Models Predicting Outcome at Two Years after Diagnosis in a New Cohort of Children with Epilepsy: The Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

Summary: Purpose: To validate two prognostic models for childhood‐onset epilepsy designed to predict a terminal remission of <6 months at 2 years after diagnosis in children referred to the hospital. Methods: A hospital‐based cohort of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy was recruited and followed up for 2 years to validate previously developed models. One model was based on variables collected at intake, and the other was based on intake variables plus variables collected during the first 6 months of follow‐up. The accuracy of both models was estimated by measuring the area under the re... Mehr ...