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- •There are eight assessment tools available for measuring seizure severity in adult patients with epilepsy.
- •The identified tools were presented either as a single scale or divided into several sections (subscales).
- •Details on the seizure events e.g., warning, automatisms, motor involvement, consciousness, postictal injuries, and duration of seizure are important elements in assessing seizure severity.
- •Future works should revolve around integrating survey-based assessment with objective measures in a single module.
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