Economic Burden of Epilepsy in India

Thomas, Sanjeev V; Sarma, P. Sankara; Alexander, Mathew; Pandit, Lekha; Shekhar, L.; Trivedi, Chetan; Vengamma, B

doi:10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.0420081052.x

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“…This again highlighted the problem of marriage among the epilepsy patients all over India. The mean per capita monthly income in the present study was seen to be INR 678.70 ± 915.80, which was almost similar to Thomas SV et al [4] though they had estimated the monthly total family income of INR 3538 ± 5139 in their multicentric study.…”

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“…The present study observed 23.2 per cent as unemployed, 13.3 per cent as students, 30.2 per cent as unskilled labourerswhere as Thomas SV et al [4] in their multicentric study had to some extent different observation viz. 39.8 per cent students, 14.1 per cent unemployed and 15.6 per cent manual labourers.…”

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“…Studies have shown that developing countries used to carry 90 per cent of the financial burden of epilepsy as 85per cent of world's 40 million people with epilepsy live in developing countries [4] .…”

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“…In a landmark multicentric study 4 to study the cost of epilepsy in India the total annual cost per patient amounted to INR 13,755 (USD 344). The total economic burden of epilepsy in India was found to be INR 68.75 billion (1.72 billion USD) which constituted 0.5per cent GNP of India.…”

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Neuroepidemiology of Epileptic Seizures: A Study From a Tertiary Care Setting of Eastern India

Sinha

2015

Mol Cell Epilepsy

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Neurological diseases occupy a major chunk of the burden of Non Communicable disease all over the world. Epilepsy is one of the most important Neurological diseases in India. It has complex etiology and is characterized by recurrent seizures. The study was conducted to To study the clinicosocialprofile of the epilepsy patients under study and to find out the predictors of seizure free status in them. A descriptive cross sectional study carried out in Neuromedicine OPD involving 315 diagnosed epilepsy patients selected by systematic random sampling. The selected patients and their caregivers were interviewed with the predesigned, pretested semistructuredproforma. Data were compiled and analysed using SPSS software. Most of the study subjects was in the age group of 16-30 years with completed primary education and were unskilled labours and belonged to class IV and V of Prasad's economic status scale. Almost twenty four percent (23.8per cent) had their onset of epileptic fits between 11 to 15 years. Mean duration of epilepsy was 7.93 ± 6.44 years for males and 9.84 ± 7.96 years for females and the difference was not statistically significant ( p= 0.99). Family history of epilepsy was present in 14.3per cent cases. Almost 35.0 per cent had complex partial seizure, 30.2per cent simple partial seizure and 26per cent had experienced generalized tonic-clonic seizure. About 15.0per cent of the total participants reported to have some precipitating or provocating factors. Regarding the treatment received by the study subjects, 55.2per cent were on monotherapy and 44.8per cent on polytherapy.Family history of epilepsy and presence of addiction were found to be significant predictors of seizure free status in the study population.

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Neuroepidemiology of Epileptic Seizures: A Study From a Tertiary Care Setting of Eastern India

Sinha

2015

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“…The economic burden due to epilepsy to the nation is to the tune of INR 68.75 billion (USD, 1.7 billion). 10 Epilepsy is one of the world's oldest recognized conditions, with written records dating back to 4000 BC. Fear, misunderstanding, discrimination and social stigma have surrounded epilepsy for centuries.…”

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Knowledge and attitude towards epilepsy among pharmacy students from Mumbai university

Limaye¹,

Deshpande²,

Gite³

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Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain that affects people worldwide. The overall prevalence (3.0-11.9 / 1,000) and incidence (0.2-0.6/1,000) of epilepsy in India are comparable to the rates of high-income countries. The high prevalence of negative attitudes towards epilepsy has been highlighted by several studies. Pharmacy students represent a better-educated section of society regarding drugs and have the potential to create awareness, and influence attitudes towards the disease. Thus, it is important that they have the appropriate and updated knowledge and appropriate attitude towards epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs. Objective of the present study was to determine the Mumbai University pharmacy student’s awareness about epilepsy, so as to know the kind of education and awareness strategies that would be applicable to them.Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May-June 2017. Two hundred and fifty students were approached to participate in the study of which 213 agreed to participate (males: 107; females: 106). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23.Results: Response rate for this study was 85.2% (213/250). Ninety six percent (204/213) of the participants had heard or read about epilepsy. Overall knowledge was poor (40.2%) and attitude was fair (75.3%). None of the participants were aware about recent research regarding hereditary nature of epilepsy. Only 2 (0.98%) students were aware how to perform the first aid in epilepsy. Only 6.8% participants felt that epileptics should participate in sports.Conclusions: The findings of this study show that, even with extensive curriculum covering diseases, drugs and relevant laws of land, the knowledge and attitude scores were low. There is a need to have focused education and campaigns to increase the knowledge and attitude towards epilepsy.

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