Prevalence of epilepsy amongst adolescents in Huesca, Spain: a community‐based study

Abstract

Our results are comparable with the majority of studies carried out in industrialized countries.

Adult Prevalence of Epilepsy in Spain: EPIBERIA, a Population‐Based Study

“…Durá-Travé et al published incidence data for epilepsy and epileptic syndromes among children in one Spanish region, Navarre, in 2008 [ 10 ]. In 2009, Benavente et al quantified the prevalence of epilepsy among adolescents in the small city of Huesca [ 11 ]. A recent review by Garcia-Martin et al included an epidemiological study of epilepsy in the city of Málaga, in southern Spain [ 12 ].…”

“…The methodological limitations present in each of these studies prevent their results from being extrapolated to the national level. Three are restricted to just one region (Madrid, Navarre, Huesca, or Málaga), two survey a pediatric or adolescent population [ 10 , 11 ], and three are hospital-based studies [ 9 , 11 , 12 ]. Therefore, no accurate data reflecting the prevalence of epilepsy in Spain are currently available in the literature.…”

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“…Gelişmiş ülkelerde epilepsi prevalansı ortalama 4-10/1000'dir. [17][18][19][20] Gelişmekte olan ülkelerde epilepsi prevalansı 18.5/1000 [21][22][23] olup gelişmiş ülkelerden belirgin şekilde daha yüksektir ancak çalışmaların metodolojik yöntem farklılıkları bu çalışmaların karşılaştırılmasını güçleştirmektedir. Türkiye ortanca yaşı 29.2 olan genç bir nüfusa sahiptir.…”