دورية أكاديمية
Prevalence and risk factors for Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Kintampo, Ghana
| العنوان: | Prevalence and risk factors for Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Kintampo, Ghana |
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| المؤلفون: | Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise, Bright Akpalu, Anthony Ngugi, Albert Akpalu, Francis Agbokey, Patrick Adjei, Damien Punguyire, Christian Bottomley, Charles Newton, Seth Owusu-Agyei |
| المصدر: | The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 21, Iss 29 (2015) |
| بيانات النشر: | The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015. |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | active epilepsy, risk factors, sub-saharan africa, ghana, Medicine |
| الوصف: | INTRODUCTION: epilepsy is common in sub-Saharan Africa, but there is little data in West Africa, to develop public health measures for epilepsy in this region. METHODS: we conducted a three-stage cross-sectional survey to determine the prevalence and risk factors for active convulsive epilepsy (ACE), and estimated the treatment gap in Kintampo situated in the middle of Ghana. RESULTS: 249 people with ACE were identified in a study population of 113,796 individuals. After adjusting for attrition and the sensitivity of the screening method, the prevalence of ACE was 10.1/1000 (95% Confidence Interval (95%CI) 9.5-10.7). In children aged18 years, risk factors for ACE were: family history of seizures (OR=3.31; 95%CI: 1.83-5.96), abnormal delivery (OR=2.99; 95%CI: 1.07-8.34), problems after birth (OR=3.51; 95%CI: 1.02-12.06), and exposure to Onchocerca volvulus (OR=2.32; 95%CI: 1.12-4.78). In adults, a family history of seizures (OR=1.83; 95%CI: 1.05-3.20), never attended school (OR=11.68; 95%CI: 4.80-28.40), cassava consumption (OR=3.92; 95%CI: 1.14-13.54), pork consumption (OR=1.68; 95%CI: 1.09-2.58), history of snoring at least 3 nights per week (OR=3.40: 95%CI: 1.56-7.41), exposure to Toxoplasma gondii (OR=1.99; 95%CI: 1.15-3.45) and Onchocerca volvulus (OR=2.09: 95%CI: 1.29-3.40) were significant risk factors for the development of ACE. The self-reported treatment gap was 86.9% (95%CI: 83.5%-90.3%). CONCLUSION: ACE is common within the middle belt of Ghana and could be reduced with improved obstetric care and prevention of parasite infestations such as Onchocerca volvulus and Toxoplasma gondii. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English French |
| تدمد: | 1937-8688 |
| العلاقة: | https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/21/29/pdf/29.pdfTest; https://doaj.org/toc/1937-8688Test |
| DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.29.6084 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/4c25115f673f404eabed0a60a9870fecTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.4c25115f673f404eabed0a60a9870fec |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 19378688 |
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| DOI: | 10.11604/pamj.2015.21.29.6084 |