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.