Challenging behaviour and epilepsy in patients with intellectual disability: frequency and mutual association Authors Muhammad Shakeel Department of Psychiatry, Pak International Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan Adeela Department of Clinical Psychology, Cantonment Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.8358 Keywords: Epilepsy, Challenging behaviour, Intellectual disability Abstract Comorbid epilepsy and challenging behaviours is quiet common in patients with ID (intellectual disability). This study aims to determine the frequency and mutual association between epilepsy and challenging behaviours. In this cross-sectional analytical study, 252 patients were enrolled through convenient sampling technique. Comorbid epilepsy and CB (challenging behaviour) were seen in 111 (44.6%) and 116 (46.6%) patients, respectively. Epilepsy and severity of intellectual disability (ID) are statistically and significantly associated with challenging behaviour. This study concluded that comorbid epilepsy is more common among people with ID as compared to the general population. The clinical variables, i.e. comorbid epilepsy and severity of ID have statistically significant association with the CB. Keywords: Epilepsy, Challenging behaviour, Intellectual disability. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-03-20 How to Cite Muhammad Shakeel, & Adeela. (2024). Challenging behaviour and epilepsy in patients with intellectual disability: frequency and mutual association. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(4), 778–780. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.8358 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 4 (2024): APRIL Section SHORT COMMUNICATION License Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.