First Seizures Associated with Playing Electronic Screen Games:A Community-Based Study in Great Britain

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First Seizures Associated with Playing Electronic Screen Games:A Community-Based Study in Great Britain
Ann Neurol 37:733-737, Quirk,J.A.,et al, 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed

Article Abstract
Active surveillance by virtually all electroencephalographic departments throughout Great Britain identified 118 patients who had first seizure while playing an electronic screen game during two 3-month periods. Patients were divided into Group A(46 patients)-those for whom there was thought to be a definite causal relationship(type 4 photoparoxysmal response);Group B(25 patients)-those for whom there was a probable causal relationship(types 1-3 photoparoxysmal response,clinical evidence of photosensitivity,subsequent recurrent seizures on repeat exposure to electronic screen games,and/or occipital spikes in the resting electroencephalogram);and Group C(47 patients)-those for whom there was no apparent causal relationship.The number of patients in Group C did not exceed that expected by the chance occurrence of two common events(playing electronic screen games and incidence of epilepsy).Most(103/118)of the patients were in the age range of 7 to 19 years.Within this age group the annual incidence of first seizures triggered by playing electronic screen games(Groups A and B combined)was estimated to be 1.5/100,000.

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