The first-hour-of-the-day sleep EEG reliably identifies interictal epileptiform discharges during long-term video-EEG monitoring.

Purpose: To determine the usefulness of the first-hour sleep EEG recording in identifying interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) during long-term video-EEG monitoring.

Method: We retrospectively reviewed 255 consecutive patients who underwent continuous long-term video-EEG monitoring in the adult epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) at the University of Chicago. The complete video-EEG recording was reviewed, and the occurrence of IEDs was determined for each patient.

Development and validation of the diabetes knowledge assessment test for use in medical rehabilitation.

Purpose: To develop and validate the diabetes knowledge assessment test (DKAT), an assessment designed to measure diabetes knowledge of medical rehabilitation patients with or without diabetes.

Methods: Content validity methods were used to develop the DKAT, which was administered to rehabilitation patients to examine psychometric properties.

Results: Subjects were 75 inpatients (56% with diabetes; 45% male), and 75 outpatients (49% with diabetes; 69% male).

Diabetes prevalence and influence on resource use in Washington state inpatient rehabilitation facilities, 2001 to 2007.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of diabetes in inpatient rehabilitation facilities in Washington State from 2001 to 2007, and to determine the impact of diabetes on length of stay (LOS) and charges per day.

Design: Longitudinal retrospective cohort analysis of inpatient rehabilitation discharge data from the Washington State Department of Health Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System.

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation.

Nosological comparisons of alcohol and drug diagnoses: a multisite, multi-instrument international study.

International nosological research was conducted to determine cross-system agreement on alcohol and drug dependence and harmful use (abuse). ICD-10, DSM-IV and DSM-III-R diagnoses were compared in 1,811 subjects from a variety of treatment and other types of settings from 12 sites around the world. Three diagnostic instruments were used: the Alcohol Use Disorders and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule-Alcohol/Drug-Revised (AUDADIS-ADR), the composite international diagnostic interview (CIDI), and the schedules for clinical assessment in neuropsychiatry (SCAN).