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Introduction: The social and economic problems cuased byepilepsy are offen under appricaiated. The message shouldreach the broadest population of effected individuals, many ofwhom are in low socio economic groups and are at higher riskfor development of epilepsy. Study aimed to asess the impactof socio economic status and cultural factors on the prevalenceof Epilepsy in school going Children (6-16 years) in Kashmir.Material and methods: This was a population based studyconducted in school children. The selection of school wasdone by using PPS Method (Proportionate to PopulationSize) used in cluster surveys. The Pretexed Questionnairewas administered to 60 randomly selected children from eachselected school, the positive responders were examined by theneurologist and psychologistResults: The crude Prevelance of epilepsy in school goingchildren was 3.8/1000 for males which was higher thanfemales 2.77. The Govt schools had higher prevalence3.81/1000 as compared to private schools 2.79/1000 reflectinghigher prevalence in economically weaker section. Childrenfrom lower middle class had highest prevalence 3.56/1000.Conclusion: The prevelance of Epilepsy seems to increasewith socio economic deprivation though the association maybe compounded by other factors. The over all prevelance wascomparable to other studies. However there is significantimprovement about the awareness of epilepsy in Kashmirvalley over the past decades.
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Background: Epilepsy is a chronic disease, the incidence of epilepsy was from 5/1000 to 10/1000 population. In developed countries the rate of epileptic patients are managed much higher than in developing countries due to the differences in socioeconomic conditions as well as understanding of epilepsy. In Vietnam, few epidemiological studies about epilepsy were published. Objectives: To reveal the prevalence of epilepsy in a rural community in Viet Nam and the relation between the prevalence and age, career, level of education, economic condition of the patient. Subjects and method: This was a cross-sectional described study. Door \ufffd?to \ufffd?door survey based on WHO\u2019s questionnaires was conducted by neurologists and student of Faculty of Public healthy of Hanoi Medical University on people at Phu Linh commune, Soc Son district, Hanoi city. Data was processed by SPSS 10.0 program. Results: Periodic prevalence was 7.5\ufffd?(5.5\ufffd?was active epilepsy). Generalized epilepsy: 79.66%, focal epilepsy: 16.95% indeterminate epilepsy: 3.39%. There was a significant relation between education and prevalence of epilepsy. Conclusion: Periodic prevalence of Epilepsy in Phu Linh (2003) was 7.5\ufffd? Toninco-colonique seizures were dominant. A significant relation between number of epileptic patients and level of education was found.