Clinical and electroencephalogram characteristics and treatment outcomes in children with benign epilepsy and centrotemporal spikes

Table 6 Comparison of discharge index and Gesell scale scores between treatment-effective and treatment-ineffective children before and after treatment

Index	Treatment ineffective (n = 20)	Treatment effective (n = 86)	t	P value
Discharge index (%)
Before treatment	65.05 ± 7.74	73.28 ± 9.17	-3.714	0.000
After treatment	40.15 ± 5.36	34.47 ± 10.02	2.449	0.016
t	11.828	26.498
P value	0.000	0.000
Gross motor (points)
Before treatment	85.70 ± 6.62	85.28 ± 7.29	0.236	0.814
After treatment	85.90 ± 5.47	86.20 ± 6.47	-0.192	0.848
t	-0.104	-0.875
P value	0.918	0.383
Fine motor (points)
Before treatment	88.60 ± 5.99	86.62 ± 8.00	1.040	0.301
After treatment	91.20 ± 2.69	89.24 ± 5.29	1.605	0.111
t	-1.771	-2.533
P value	0.085	0.012
Adaptability (points)
Before treatment	87.60 ± 7.02	86.08 ± 7.20	0.854	0.395
After treatment	88.50 ± 5.04	88.26 ± 5.38	0.182	0.856
t	-0.466	-2.249
P value	0.644	0.026
Language (points)
Before treatment	88.15 ± 7.13	86.33 ± 7.92	0.942	0.348
After treatment	89.35 ± 6.02	88.55 ± 5.99	0.537	0.592
t	-0.575	-2.073
P value	0.569	0.040
Personal-social ability (points)
Before treatment	85.40 ± 8.61	85.99 ± 8.22	-0.287	0.775
After treatment	86.95 ± 6.78	87.91 ± 6.27	-0.607	0.545
t	-0.633	-1.722
P value	0.531	0.087