A house-to-house survey of epileptic seizures in an urban community of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
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60(3B): 708-711, Sept. 2002. ilus, tab
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RESUMO
OBJECTIVE:
To carry out a prevalence study about epileptic seizures and epilepsy in an urban low-income population.METHOD:
Prevalence study in a two-phase model screening and diagnosis confirmation. It was applied a structured questionnaire in 982 people all effectively resident on March 1rst 2000 based on a population census previously carried out by the Nurse Faculty. One neurologist interviewed all the suspected cases.RESULTS:
It was detected 176 suspected cases of epileptic seizures 156 with non-epileptic events, and 20 with epileptic seizures. The lifetime point prevalence was of 16.3 cases per 1000 inhabitants, and of active epilepsy, 5.1 / 1000. If we consider false negative diagnosis from the screening procedures, the lifetime point-prevalence rates until 20.8/1000.CONCLUSION:
The prevalence data of epilepsy shows less impressive than in other Latin-American studies and even some Brazilian, but similar to other Brazilian studies. This suggests geographical diversity and/or methodological differences among studies. Anyway, probably the epilepsy prevalence in Rio de Janeiro is not so high as that found in the Latin countries rural areas
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Main subject:
Epilepsy
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Psychiatry
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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