CLASSIFICATION TASK FORCE QUESTIONNAIRE

After reading the Task Force Report, comments on the draft proposal would be greatly appreciated. This questionnaire is provided to facilitate your response and can be submitted online (below) or downloaded and faxed to Dr. Engel at 310-206-8461.

 

Name (optional)


Chapter


Specialty (e.g., adult epilepsy, pediatric epilepsy)




1. Do you use the current (1981) seizure classification?

Yes

No


2. Do you use the current (1989) syndrome/epilepsy classification?

Yes

No


3. If yes, do you use them for:

Undergraduate teaching?

Postgraduate teaching?

Clinical trials of AEDs?

Indications of new AEDs?

Epidemiological studies?

Scientific communication?


4. Do you favor multiple axes approach to describing individual patients?

Yes

No


5. If an axes system is adopted, would you prefer (check one):

Five Axes

Three axes with the present optional Axes 1 and 5 as appendices


6. For seizures and syndromes, do you believe that there should be (check one):

One classification only?

Several variations or classifications for different purposes


7. Do you believe that classifications should be (choose one):

Fixed and revised by the General Assembly only?

Flexible and revise by the Executive Committee?


8. Do you agree with the concept of the diagnostic seizure types, in addition to syndromes?

Yes

No


9. Do you agree with the concept of epileptic encephalopathies?

Yes

No


10. Do you agree with the distinction between reflex seizures and reflex epilepsy syndromes?

Yes

No


11. Do you prefer the term (check one):

Probably symptomatic?

Cryptogenic?


12. Do you prefer the term (check one):

Partial/Localization-related?

Focal?


13. Do you agree that seizures should not be primarily classified according to whether consciousness is impaired (complex vs. simple)?

Yes

No


14. Do you agree with the distinction between Epilepsy syndromes and Epilepsy diseases?

Yes

No


15. Do you like the idea of a syndrome of Idiopathic generalized epilepsies with variable phenotypes?

Yes

No


16. Are there seizure types or syndromes listed that you do not believe exist? If yes, specify.

Yes

No




17. Are there seizure types or syndromes that should be listed but are not? If yes, specify.

Yes

No




18. Other Comments: