Baseline characteristics of study participants according to treatment group and assessment.

Notes→AED =  antiepileptic drug; CI =  Confidence interval; ED =  Emergency department; ENS =  Epilepsy Nurse Specialist; OR =  Odds-ratio; Primary care QoF 8 score =  Quality and Outcomes Framework; percentage of people with epilepsy (aged ≥16) prescribed AEDs in the local population who were seizure free in the previous 12 months as recorded by primary care medical practices in England in 2009/10; QoL =  Quality of Life; TAU =  Treatment as usual.
P<0.10 shown in bold; Logistic regression used.