Prevalence of epilepsy in Phu Linh \ufffd?Soc Son \ufffd?Ha Noi, 2003

ABSTRACT

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.