Vocational factors which predict seizure prognosis in young adults during military service

•Our aim was to assess the risk of seizures as a function of occupational stress and disease severity in military recruits of the IDF.•We reported that sleep deprivation and strenuous physical activity did not increase the incidence of seizures.•It was found that EEG examination is an important criteria in the vocational evaluation of subjects that have had one or more seizures.•This study recommends vocational criteria and recommends integration of people diagnosed with epilepsy in most occupations.