A children's epilepsy diagnosis aid: Development and early validation using a Bayesian approach.

Introduction: The diagnosis of epilepsy in children is difficult and misdiagnosis rates can be as much as 36%. Diagnosis in all countries is essentially clinical, based on asking a series of questions and interpreting the answers. Doctors experienced enough to do this are either scarce or absent in very many parts of the world so there is a need to develop a diagnostic aid to help less-experienced doctors or non-physician health workers (NPHWs) do this.