A cross-sectional epidemiological study was done among a general population in a big hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. From an initial population of 1781 nursing personnel, 407 were called for a semi-structured interview based on a standard questionnaire.The average age of the interviewed population was 32.6 + 9.2 years old and 89.4% were female. Making use of the criteria of the International Headache Society, prevalence of migraine was detected in 53.1% of them (22.1% migraine without aura; 7,9% migraine with aura; 9.2% migraine with and without aura; 13.8% migrainous disorder not fulfilling criteria)The clinical criterion most related to the diagnosis of migrainous disorder was the shortest duration of the migraine crises. The high patterns of prevalence were due to populational factors (mostly female people, age, and professional activity linked to service occupation) and to factors linked to the diagnostical characterization of the type of headaches.The independent variables most related to diagnosis of migraine were family history, high levels in Epworth Sleepiness Scale and subjective perception of stress. Other variables were: gender, physical activity, exposition to vapours and type of professional activity.Half of the population who suffered headache had already looked for medical support, and only 28.6% of doctors got to adequate diagnoses.Once the social importance of the prevalence of migraine among this populational group, populational impact measures are proposed.KEY WORDS: headache, migraine, prevalence, hospital personnel. EVALUATION OF THE CLINICAL AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF A GROUP OF ADULT EPILEPTIC PATIENTS WITH CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED SEIZURES FROM THE EPILEPSY CLINIC OF THE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE MARINICE CABRAL MORAES**At the end of the Brain's Decade, epileptology was one of the fields of neuroscience that developed the most, because of the improvement of invasive and non invasive electroencephalographic methods, the progress in neuroimaging methods and in the techniques for epilepsy surgery, and last but not least the development of new antiepileptic drugs. In addition to that, the increasing concern about patients' readjustment and quality of life, makes necessary the re-evaluation of clinical and tecnological advances to ascertain the best possible treatment of these patients.This study was carried out in order to outline the clinical electroencephalographic profile of a group of adult epileptic patients with controlled (GC) and uncontrolled (GNC) seizures and compare 970 Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2000;58(3-B) the results with the ones published in the literature. Also, we intend to evaluate the value of our protocol for the classification and out-hospital follow-up of these patients.We have studied 70 epileptic adult patients from the Epilepsy Clinic of the Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB), during the period of June 1997 to September 1999, using a standardized protocol to evaluate various factors related to the history and evolution of the epileptic seizures, ...
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.