Characteristics | STOFMS group (n = 231) | Control group (n = 232) | F/t | P | |
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Child’s age, month, mean (SD) | 47.13(42.18) | 51.88(45.05) | 1.171 | 0.242 | |
Age of onset, month, mean (SD) | 42.17(39.99) | 46.85(42.47) | 1.22 | 0.223 | |
Child’s gender (%) | Male | 112(0.49) | 105(0.45) | 0.484 | 0.487 |
Female | 119(0.52) | 127(0.55) | |||
Parent’s age, year, mean (SD) | 31.90(6.52) | 31.51(6.33) | -0.656 | 0.512 | |
Primary care giver’s gender (%) | Male | 119(0.52) | 132(0.57) | 1.35 | 0.245 |
Female | 112(0.49) | 100(0.43) | |||
Parental employment (%) | Employed | 154(0.67) | 167(0.72) | 1.538 | 0.215 |
Unemployed | 77(0.33) | 65(0.28) | |||
Parental education (%) | Below a Bachelor’s degree | 201(0.87) | 192(0.83) | 1.633 | 0.201 |
Bachelor’s degree and higher | 30(0.13) | 40(0.17) | |||
Time since diagnosis | ≤ 3 months | 173(0.75) | 171(0.74) | 1.525 | 0.822 |
> 3–6 months | 18(0.08) | 24(0.1) | 0.822 | ||
0.5–1 year | 11(0.05) | 12(0.05) | 0.822 | ||
1–2 years | 15(0.07) | 11(0.05) | 0.822 | ||
> 2 years | 14(0.06) | 14(0.06) | 0.822 | ||
Duration of medication (%) | None | 46(0.2) | 43(0.19) | 1.733 | 0.785 |
≤ 3 months | 107(0.46) | 112(0.48) | |||
> 3–6 months | 41(0.18) | 48(0.21) | |||
0.5–1 year | 23(0.1) | 18(0.08) | |||
1–2 years | 14(0.06) | 11(0.05) | |||
Seizure frequency in the last 3 months | 3.55(1.65) | 3.49(1.51) | -0.427 | 0.669 | |
Seizure duration | < 30 s | 21(0.09) | 18(0.08) | 0.415 | 0.937 |
31–59 s | 86(0.37) | 85(0.37) | |||
1–3 min | 80(0.35) | 81(0.35) | |||
3–5 min | 44(0.19) | 48(0.21) | |||
Frequency of hospitalization in the past month (%) | 3 times or less | 210(0.91) | 217(0.94) | 1.113 | 0.292 |
More than 3 times | 21(0.09) | 15(0.07) | 0.292 | ||
Payment (%) | Self-financed | 36(0.16) | 27(0.12) | 1.534 | 0.216 |
By health insurance | 195 (0.84) | 205(0.88) | |||
Annual income, CNY (%) | Less than 3000 | 38(0.17) | 26(0.11) | 2.952 | 0.229 |
3000 to 5000 | 96(0.42) | 97(0.42) | |||
More than 5000 | 97(0.42) | 109(0.47) |