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To determine educational trajectories and long-term educational attainment from adolescence into adulthood among individuals with childhood-onset epilepsy compared with matched controls.

August 20, 2026Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Epilepsy and education: a nationwide cohort study

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MBMaria Theresa Wimberley BöttgerAarhus University BTBetina B. TrabjergAarhus University JDJulie Werenberg DreierAarhus University

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Nationwide cohort study finds reduced primary school completion, lower grades, and lower educational attainment in childhood-onset epilepsy, indicating a need for targeted academic support.

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To determine educational trajectories and long-term educational attainment from adolescence into adulthood among individuals with childhood-onset epilepsy compared with matched controls.
Nationwide population-based cohort study using Danish registers including 1,195,138 individuals born between 1987 and 2005 followed through 2023, identifying 11,758 individuals diagnosed with epilepsy before age 15.
Individuals with epilepsy were matched on age, sex, and propensity scores for perinatal and parental factors to reference individuals, with educational outcomes analyzed using multivariable regression from age 15 to 35.
Individuals with epilepsy had higher odds of not completing primary school (aOR 3.0, 95% CI 2.8 to 3.1) and lower mean ninth-grade grades in mathematics (-0.9, 95% CI -0.9 to -0.8) and language (-0.6, 95% CI -0.6 to -0.5).
Educational attainment rates across higher educational levels were reduced by 50% to 56%, with only 9.3% of individuals with epilepsy reaching the highest educational level versus 19.5% of matched controls by age 35.

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Böttger et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a86b57f8a91293e6a1ccde4 https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2026-338791

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Nationwide cohort study finds reduced primary school completion, lower grades, and lower educational attainment in childhood-onset epilepsy, indicating a need for targeted academic support.

Epilepsy and education: a nationwide cohort study

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