To examine factors influencing obtaining a driver's license and subsequent prognosis among people with epilepsy vs control subjects.
Eighty-one patients from a population-based cohort with childhood-onset epilepsy, followed prospectively for 45 years, and 96 general population control subjects were compared with regard to driving licensing, seizure relapses, and accidents.
By the end of the follow-up period, all 81 subjects had achieved at least one 2-year seizure-free interval in adulthood and were eligible for a driver's license. Of these, 64 vs 90% of control subjects had obtained a license (p