RESUMO
Se revisa la epidemiología de la epilepsia haciendo énfasis en las definiciones y clasificaciones propuestas por la Liga Internacional contra la Epilepsia. Se estudian las cifras de prevalencia e incidencia tanto de países desarrollados como en desarrollo. Se ilustra sobre el concepto de brecha terapéutica y sus causas.
The epidemiology of epilepsy is reviewed, emphasizing on the definitions and classifications proposed by the International League against Epilepsy. The figures of prevalence and incidence in developed and developing countries are analyzed. The concept of treatment gap and its causes are reviewed.
Assuntos
Epilepsia/epidemiologia , Epilepsia/terapiaRESUMO
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.