Prevalence of idiopathic epilepsy among school children in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

Alshahawy, Azza Kamal; Darwish, Amira Hamed; Shalaby, Safynaz; Mawlana, Wegdan

doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2017.12.009

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“…As a result, epileptic children encounter numerous psychological and social stressors related to the unpredictability, disability, chronicity, episodic, and stigma attached to the illness nature. So, the knowledge and early assessment about these stressors facing epileptic children has a vital part in promotion the ability of nurses to provide and apply appropriate nursing intervention programs that will enhance effective coping strategies (Alshahawy, 2018).…”

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Psychosocial Stressors among Epileptic Children

Maghraby

Mourad

Zaki

2021

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Background: Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders in children that have a negative impact on the children's psychosocial development, cognition, behaviors, schooling, finally resulting to high stressors experiencing. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the psychosocial stressors of epileptic children. Research design: A descriptive study design was conducted. Setting: This study was conducted at Neurological clinic of Children's University Hospital at Ain Shams University. Sample: Convenience sample was selected which included (100) epileptic children. Tools of data collection: Interviewing questionnaire tool for children was used which included two parts: Sociodemographic characteristics and medical history of the epileptic children and their parents, and the psychosocial stressors inventory. Results: More than three fifths of studied epileptic children had high psychological stressors and more than three quarter of studied epileptic children had high social stressors. Moreover, there were statistically significant relation between psychosocial stressors and socio-demographic features and medical history such as their age, area of residence, and medications compliance. Conclusion: The epileptic children have high psychosocial stressors in relation to their socio-demographic data and medical history. Furthermore, the majority of these stressors are due to illness precautions, medications side effects, epileptic fits, and the school. Recommendation: Develop and apply nursing intervention programs for epileptic children, their parents, and teachers to improve the knowledge, awareness, and attitudes towards epilepsy.

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Psychosocial Stressors among Epileptic Children

Maghraby

Mourad

Zaki

2021

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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“…In Egypt, the overall prevalence of epilepsy was 6.98/1000 in 2016 [3]. The prevalence varies between 7.2/1000 in lower Egypt [4] and 9.7/1000 in upper Egypt [5].…”

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Knowledge, attitude, practice, and self-efficacy of caregivers of children with epilepsy: impact of a structured educational intervention program

Shahin

Hussien

2021

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Background: The par ental r ole is cr ucial in the management of childr en with epilepsy befor e, during, and after the seizures. It is crucial to ascertain the sufficient knowledge, attitude, and proper practice of the caregivers about epilepsy; however, caregivers with high self-efficacy are more able to achieve caregiving tasks of epilepsy children at the best level. Purpose: To assess the effect of an educational inter vention on the knowledge, attitude, r eported practice and self-efficacy of caregivers of children with epilepsy. Methods: A pr etest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used to carry out the study, in which a convenient sample of 60 caregivers for epilepsy children was chosen from the outpatient clinics of Al-Ahrar Zagazig Teaching Hospital. The candidates were asked to fill up a questionnaire as a pretest, and then were exposed to a tailored educational intervention about epilepsy before being reassessed again using the same questionnaire. Results: Most of car egiver s wer e mar r ied females, and mainly mother s. Although car egiver s generally had low level of knowledge, attitudes, reported practices, and self-efficacy about epilepsy before the educational intervention, they improved significantly after the educational intervention. The educational program was a significant independent positive predictor of caregivers' scores of knowledge, attitudes, practice and self-efficacy. Discussion: The study findings demonstr ate significant impr ovements in the knowledge, attitude, and reported practice as well as the self-efficacy scores of caregivers of children with epilepsy following the implementation of the educational intervention, which reflects the importance of providing educational intervention to improve the knowledge, attitude, practice, and self-efficacy of epilepsy children caregivers.

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“…Variations in prevalence of different types of epilepsy have been reported to vary across regions [5] [6] [7] [8]. In Sudan, the prevalence of generalized epilepsy was estimated to be 56% followed by focal epilepsy 36% and 8% for unclassified epilepsy [9].…”

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Clinical Characteristics and Current Medical Practice in a Group of Sudanese Patients with Epilepsy: A Cross Sectional Hospital Based-Study

Elsayed¹,

Issa²,

Mahmoud³

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Introduction: The epilepsy classification in under developed countries faces many difficulties in reporting, work-up and management strategies. Exploring local practice in general hospitals will positively add to the welfare of patients with epilepsy. The objectives of this study were to assess the current medical practice in epilepsy work up and to study the selection of AEDs as per ILAE guidelines. Methods: This was a cross sectional-retrospective hospital based study, conducted between April and September 2016 in Omdurman Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan. Patients aged 18 years old and above were enrolled. Epilepsy was defined as having at least two non-provoked seizures in the least 6 months in a patient who was assessed by clinical review and electroencephalogram (EEG). Epilepsy was classified as generalized, focal or unclassified. Medications refer to all internationally licensed antiepileptic medications (AEDs) in 2016. Results: One hundred adult Sudanese patients were enrolled for this study. The most common event described during the ictal phase was tongue biting in 50% of participants followed by body stiffness in 46%. Epilepsy was classified as generalized in 84%, focal in 11% and unclassified in 5% patients. In generalized epilepsy, the MRI detected 23.3% abnormal findings higher than the CT which detected 14.8% (4/27), p value = 0.032. In focal epilepsy, the CT detected 75% abnormal findings higher than the MRI which detected 33.3%, p value = 0.02. The AEDs used were as follows: Carbamazepine (CBZ) 48%, Na valproate (VP) 33%, Lamotrigine

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Prevalence of idiopathic epilepsy among school children in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

Cited by 14 publications

References 24 publications

Psychosocial Stressors among Epileptic Children

Psychosocial Stressors among Epileptic Children

Knowledge, attitude, practice, and self-efficacy of caregivers of children with epilepsy: impact of a structured educational intervention program

Clinical Characteristics and Current Medical Practice in a Group of Sudanese Patients with Epilepsy: A Cross Sectional Hospital Based-Study

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