moderately significantp < 0.001
The results of the correlation analysis, which was performed to determine the level and direction of the relationship between the variables, indicated moderately significant relationships in the positive direction between age and the presence of chronic disease ( r = 0.394, p < 0.001), between age and EEG involvement ( r = 0.385, p < 0.001), and between the presence of chronic disease and EEG involvement ( r = 0.299, p = 0.007).