Table 2

Information extracted from 200 epilepsy clinic letters: number of items and number of letters with items extracted.

Information extracted from 200 epilepsy clinic letters
VariableAll items extractedNumber of letters with items extracted
ClinicianAlgorithmTPFPFNClinicianAlgorithmTPFPFN
Clinic date1911881862518618118105
Date of birth2011971970419919519504
Epilepsy diagnosis383387341464215015214397
Epilepsy type89797181870676169
Focal seizures145105101444716159212
Generalised seizures15189791072765852624
Seizure frequency153958213711197771648
Medication3163092971219157145143214
CT scan1718108716131036
MRI scan10991751634666052814
EEG1701571282942798271118
All19251715156714835811891091103853151
  • EEG, electroencephalogram; ExECT, extraction of epilepsy clinical text; FN, false negative (an item annotated by the clinician but not annotated by ExECT); FP, false positive (an item annotated by ExECT but not annotated by the clinician); TP, true positive (an item annotated by the clinician and ExECT).