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Favorite colors of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: pilot study

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Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the favorite colors of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Methods

Following examination, 50 patients were diagnosed in accordance with the 2005 proposal of the International League Against Epilepsy and the definition of drugresistant epilepsy since 2010. The favorite color examination used a six-color tape and Trycolors, an online color mixing tool. The patients' color preferences were compared with those of 50 individuals without epilepsy.

Results

Patients with drug-resistant epilepsy preferred the color blue the most (30%), significantly more yellow (p = 0.0001), and significantly less green (p < 0.0001) compared to individuals without epilepsy. By mixing these colors at a certain percentage, we obtained the Go Ben color.

Significance

This information on preferred colors can help to improve compliance and can be utilized in designing medications and environments for patients with epilepsy.

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The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Primary Health Care Center Tuzla, 75000, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Suljo Kunić

  2. Medical Faculty, University of Tuzla, 75000, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Suljo Kunić, Omer Ć. Ibrahimagić, Dževdet Smajlović, Amela Kunić & Aida Šehanović

  3. Department of Neurology, University Cinical Center Tuzla, 75000, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Omer Ć. Ibrahimagić, Dževdet Smajlović & Aida Šehanović

  4. Department of Occupational Medicine, Primary Health Care Center Tuzla, 75000, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Amela Kunić

  5. Emergency Medical Service, Primary Health Care Center Lukavac, 75300, Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Jasmin Alić

  6. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Cantonal Hospital Bihać, 77000, Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Muhamed Lepuzanović

  7. Department of Neurology, General Hospital Sarajevo, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Merita Tirić-Čampara

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Conceptualization: SK and OCI; Methodology: SK, OCI and DS; Formal analysis and investigation: AK, ML, JA, AS, MT-C; Writing—original draft preparation: SK, AK, ML and JA; Writing—review and editing: OĆI. The corresponding author attests that all listed authors meet authorship criteria and no others meeting the criteria have been omitted. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Primary Health Care Center Tuzla (approval number: 16-01-1669/16), in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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Kunić, S., Ibrahimagić, O.Ć., Smajlović, D. et al. Favorite colors of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: pilot study. Acta Neurol Belg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-023-02457-x

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