Epilepsy prevalence in Al-Manial Island, Egypt. A door-to-door survey

Hashem, Saher; Al-Kattan, Manal; Ibrahim, Sarah; Shalaby, Nevin M.; Shamloul, Reham; Farrag, Mohammad A.

doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.08.003

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“…The relative dominance of generalized epilepsies as seizure type is evident in several Egyptian [21], Arabian [22], and developing countries' studies [23]. However, some epidemiological Egyptian [24] [25] and developed countries' studies [26] reported the predominance of focal seizures. It is expected that in developing countries, in which more symptomatic epilepsy is found, a higher rate of focal seizures should be reported.…”

Section: Seizure Types and Epilepsy Classificationmentioning

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Sex differences among epileptic patients: a comparison of epilepsy and its impacts on demographic features, clinical characteristics, and management patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Kishk

Mourad

Ibrahim

et al. 2019

Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg

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Background: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions. We aimed to identify sex differences in the demographic, clinical features, and treatment strategies in epileptic patients. Objectives: To analyze and compare the differences in the impact of epilepsy on the socio-demographic characteristics of male and female patients along with gender differences in various types of epilepsies and treatment strategies. Material and methods: A record-based study for 1000 individuals attending the epilepsy outpatient clinic. The medical records were reviewed through a predesigned questionnaire to obtain all relevant data. Statistical analysis: Data was summarized using range, mean, standard deviation, and median interquartile range for quantitative variable or frequency and percentage for the qualitative ones. Comparison between groups was done using chi-square test. Results: Females were more illiterate and unemployed compared to males. Tonic-clonic seizures were more frequent in males. Specific epileptic syndromes as juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) were more frequent in females (p = 0.01). More males had an underlying secondary etiology (p = 0.001). The most common drug used was valproate (51.2%) which was more utilized by males. Conclusions: Significant differences between both sexes were observed in certain social impacts in addition to seizure syndromes, etiology, and drug utilization.

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Sex differences among epileptic patients: a comparison of epilepsy and its impacts on demographic features, clinical characteristics, and management patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Kishk

Mourad

Ibrahim

et al. 2019

Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg

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“…The trend of epilepsy had a mild rise with a percent change of 21%. STEPwise approach to Surveillance Survey 2015 reported a prevalence rate of epilepsy of 0.4% which was much lower than that of Egypt (5.1/1000) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (6.5%) 44…”

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Burden of non-communicable diseases in Iraq after the 2003 war

Hussain

Lafta

2019

SMJ

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Objectives: To figure out the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in Iraq on the health system through measuring the incidence and trend of these diseases. Methods: This descriptive study that was conducted between January 2016 and 2017, involved treatment data of chronic non-communicable diseases (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, stroke, asthma and epilepsy). The data was collected from the registry of the Department of Health and Vital Statistics in the Ministry of Health, Babylon, Iraq, between 2000 and 2016. Results: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus had significantly increased from 19.58/1000 in the year 2000 to 42.27 in 2015 ( p =0.0002). The prevalence of hypertension also increased from 31.33 to 45.82 ( p =0.003) in the same period. The prevalence of cerebrovascular accidents showed a significant increase especially after 2008 ( p =0.007), while ischemic heart diseases increased from 6.3/1000 in the year 2000 to 8.2/1000 in 2014 with no significant change. Conclusion: Non-communicable diseases in Iraq continue to show as a new developing burden after the 2003 war. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus demonstrate rapidly rising trends which may, in turn, enhance the occurrence of ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular accidents.

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“…16,17 Another study in Egypt showed that focal seizures were the commonest type. 18 As the age is increased, the EEGs findings showed more Discussion waveforms. 22 Also, similar results were reported in a study in Pakistan showed that the commonest epileptiform discharges were focal sharp and slow waves seen in 9.8% of patients.…”

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Electro encephalography screening of suspected epileptic patients in Erbil City

Hummadi

2019

Zanco J. Med. Sci.

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non-epileptic patients through electroencephalography investigation and determine its relationship with certain socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. Methods: In this cross-sectional study included 400 cases (205 males and 195 females) with a mean age ± SD of 25 ± 14 years, referred to the private neurology clinic, Soran Medical Center between April 2013 and March 2017 for attacks of abnormal movements and or disturbed level of consciousness. Results: Age-related prevalence of epilepsy showed a significantly higher prevalence (P = 0.001) of the disease among those who were 20 years and more. Epileptic patients showed significantly (P = 0.001) higher sharp slow waves and sharp waves, which were mainly dominated by parietal and occipital regions of the brain. Electroencephalography finding showed higher Beta rhythm followed by Alpha and Delta rhythms (73.5%, 14.3% and 9.0%, respectively), Patients with epilepsy (generalized and focal) had shown best rhythm adoption in Beta rhythm (75.2% and 70.2%, respectively), followed by Alpha rhythm (13.2% and 14.8%, respectively). Focal to bilateral (secondary generalized) and generalized motor epilepsy were the most common diagnosis among the epileptic cases (45.4% and 43.4%, respectively). The overall sensitivity of electroencephalography was 67.8%, and specificity was 63.5%. Conclusion: The electroencephalography showed good sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing suspected epileptic patients, with interesting higher sensitivity than specificity. Not only the abnormal discharges, but the background dominating activity and the best rhythm adoption can help in the diagnosis of epilepsy.

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Epilepsy prevalence in Al-Manial Island, Egypt. A door-to-door survey

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Sex differences among epileptic patients: a comparison of epilepsy and its impacts on demographic features, clinical characteristics, and management patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Sex differences among epileptic patients: a comparison of epilepsy and its impacts on demographic features, clinical characteristics, and management patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Burden of non-communicable diseases in Iraq after the 2003 war

Electro encephalography screening of suspected epileptic patients in Erbil City

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