Abstract:Objective:To compare specific life stressors and domestic abuse that pregnant women with epilepsy (WWE) experience compared to pregnant women without epilepsy (WWoE).Methods:The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an annual weighted survey of randomly sampled postpartum women administered by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). We used data from PRAMS from 2012-2020 in 13 states to assess the life stressors reported by WWE compared to WWoE. We adjusted the data for maternal age, race, ethn… Show more
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