Prevalence of Epilepsy in Silivri, a Rural Area of Turkey

Abstract

Summary: Purpo.re: To learn the prevalcnce of epilepsy in Silivri, a western town of Turkey, a randomized door-to-door wvey was conducted u\ing a standard questionnaire. The method of the study was adopted from the suggestions of the World Health Organization (WHO) for prevalence studies in developing countries, and the criteria were derived from ures at the onset or during the course of the disease, a figure that reveals the high prevalence of mystical beliefs about the disease in the study area.

Prevalence of epilepsy in the university students representing a young adult population with normal intelligence

“…The limited number of epilepsy prevalence studies in Turkey usually combines all age groups. [11][12][13][14][15][16] Studies investigating the prevalence of active or lifetime epilepsy for all age groups have been conducted in both rural and urban areas of Turkey. These studies reported various prevalence rates, from 4.5 per 1000 to 17.3 per 1000 in the total population of Turkey.…”

“…[10,11] The third section of the questionnaire consisted of items about the history of epilepsy of the participant and his/ Participants with active epilepsy (7) • Calculation of sample size using formula n= NZ was considered as significant. Also, we used logistic regression analysis after adjusting the age variable to investigate possible individual risk factors for active epilepsy that were determined by the χ 2 tests.…”

Traditional Medicine Practices in Epilepsy: Sample of Canakkale

“…Bu oran ülkemizde yapılan Karaağaç [12] ve Selekler'in [13] çalışmasındaki oranlarla karşılaştırıldığında çok düşüktür. Bunun nedeni aradan geçen yıllar içinde epilepsi tedavisi ile ilgili olarak toplumun bilgilendirilmesi olabilir.…”

Quality of Life and Cost analysis Following Epilepsy Surgery in Turkish Patients

“…[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] According to this, considering that approximately 700,000 epilepsy patients exist in Turkey, about 10% of this epilepsy population is surgery candidates. The benefits of epilepsy surgery in terms of seizure outcome and improvements in life quality are beyond controversy in well selected patient groups, especially in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis.…”