Six states in the U.S. follow mandatory seizure reporting laws, where physicians are legally required to report any patient seizures to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which often results in license restriction. With this law comes much controversy, as it can lead to patients witholding seizure information from doctors in fear of losing their license, ultimating hurting the patient-doctor relationship.

The study analyzed the problem by looking at epilepsy patients who recently had appointments at HUP. Patients were asked to complete short surveys related to their quality of life, access to activities, driving and seizure history, with the goal being to see whether or not there was an association between their relations with their doctor and whether or not they witheld seizure information or drove illegally (while license was restricted).

After 140 patient surveys were completed, no statistical signifance was found between the relationship and whether or not patients witheld information or drove illegally. Therefore, the patient-doctor relationship is not a determining factor of whether or not patients lie or drive while restricted - it must stem from other motivating factors.