Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt

Hamdy NA El Tallawy,1 Wafaa MA Farghaly,1 Tarek A Rageh,1 Ghaydaa A Shehata,1 Reda Badry,1 Nabil A Metwally,2 Esam A El Moselhy,2 Mahmoud Hassan,2 Mohamed A Sayed,3 Ahmed A Waris,1 Yaser Hamed,2 Islam Shaaban,2 Mohamed A Hamed,1 Mahmoud Raafat Kandil11Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, As...

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Autores principales: El Tallawy HN, Farghaly WM, Rageh TA, Shehata GA, Badry R, Metwally NA, El Moselhy EA, Hassan M, Sayed MA, Waris AA, Hamed Y, Shaaban I, Hamed MA, Kandil MR
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7aaf802f98a94b4a8ac8b7a9a3ab7f012021-12-02T01:36:24ZDoor-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt1176-63281178-2021https://doaj.org/article/7aaf802f98a94b4a8ac8b7a9a3ab7f012013-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/door-to-door-survey-of-major-neurological-disorders-project-in-al-quse-a13164https://doaj.org/toc/1176-6328https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Hamdy NA El Tallawy,1 Wafaa MA Farghaly,1 Tarek A Rageh,1 Ghaydaa A Shehata,1 Reda Badry,1 Nabil A Metwally,2 Esam A El Moselhy,2 Mahmoud Hassan,2 Mohamed A Sayed,3 Ahmed A Waris,1 Yaser Hamed,2 Islam Shaaban,2 Mohamed A Hamed,1 Mahmoud Raafat Kandil11Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 2Department of Neurology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut branch), Assiut, Egypt; 3Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, EgyptAbstract: A door-to-door survey, including every household, was conducted for all inhabitants of Al Quseir City (33,283), Red Sea Governorate, Egypt by three specialists of neurology as well as nine senior staff members of neurology and 15 female social workers to assess the epidemiology of major neurological disorders. Over six phases, from July 1, 2009 to January 31, 2012, screening of all eligible people in the population was carried out, by which case ascertainment of all major neurological disorders included in the study was done according to the accepted definitions and diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization. The order of frequency of prevalence of the studied neurological disorders was dementia (3.83% for those aged > 60 years), migraine (2.8% for those aged > 8 years), stroke (6.2/1000 for those aged > 20 years), epilepsy (5.5/1000), Parkinson&rsquo;s disease (452.1/100,000 for those aged > 40 years), cerebral palsy (3.6/1000 among children < 18 years), spinal cord disorders (63/100,000) dystonia (39.11/100,000), cerebellar ataxia (30.01/100,000), trigeminal neuralgia (28/100,000 for those aged > 37 years), chorea (21.03/100,000), athetosis (15/100,000), and multiple sclerosis (13.74/100,000). The incidence rates of stroke, epilepsy, and Bell&rsquo;s palsy were 181/100,000, 48/100,000, and 98.9/100,000 per year, respectively.Keywords: prevalence, incidence, neurological disordersEl Tallawy HNFarghaly WMRageh TAShehata GABadry RMetwally NAEl Moselhy EAHassan MSayed MAWaris AAHamed YShaaban IHamed MAKandil MRDove Medical PressarticleNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol 2013, Iss default, Pp 767-771 (2013)
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topic Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
El Tallawy HN
Farghaly WM
Rageh TA
Shehata GA
Badry R
Metwally NA
El Moselhy EA
Hassan M
Sayed MA
Waris AA
Hamed Y
Shaaban I
Hamed MA
Kandil MR
Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
description Hamdy NA El Tallawy,1 Wafaa MA Farghaly,1 Tarek A Rageh,1 Ghaydaa A Shehata,1 Reda Badry,1 Nabil A Metwally,2 Esam A El Moselhy,2 Mahmoud Hassan,2 Mohamed A Sayed,3 Ahmed A Waris,1 Yaser Hamed,2 Islam Shaaban,2 Mohamed A Hamed,1 Mahmoud Raafat Kandil11Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 2Department of Neurology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut branch), Assiut, Egypt; 3Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, EgyptAbstract: A door-to-door survey, including every household, was conducted for all inhabitants of Al Quseir City (33,283), Red Sea Governorate, Egypt by three specialists of neurology as well as nine senior staff members of neurology and 15 female social workers to assess the epidemiology of major neurological disorders. Over six phases, from July 1, 2009 to January 31, 2012, screening of all eligible people in the population was carried out, by which case ascertainment of all major neurological disorders included in the study was done according to the accepted definitions and diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization. The order of frequency of prevalence of the studied neurological disorders was dementia (3.83% for those aged > 60 years), migraine (2.8% for those aged > 8 years), stroke (6.2/1000 for those aged > 20 years), epilepsy (5.5/1000), Parkinson&rsquo;s disease (452.1/100,000 for those aged > 40 years), cerebral palsy (3.6/1000 among children < 18 years), spinal cord disorders (63/100,000) dystonia (39.11/100,000), cerebellar ataxia (30.01/100,000), trigeminal neuralgia (28/100,000 for those aged > 37 years), chorea (21.03/100,000), athetosis (15/100,000), and multiple sclerosis (13.74/100,000). The incidence rates of stroke, epilepsy, and Bell&rsquo;s palsy were 181/100,000, 48/100,000, and 98.9/100,000 per year, respectively.Keywords: prevalence, incidence, neurological disorders
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author El Tallawy HN
Farghaly WM
Rageh TA
Shehata GA
Badry R
Metwally NA
El Moselhy EA
Hassan M
Sayed MA
Waris AA
Hamed Y
Shaaban I
Hamed MA
Kandil MR
author_facet El Tallawy HN
Farghaly WM
Rageh TA
Shehata GA
Badry R
Metwally NA
El Moselhy EA
Hassan M
Sayed MA
Waris AA
Hamed Y
Shaaban I
Hamed MA
Kandil MR
author_sort El Tallawy HN
title Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
title_short Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
title_full Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
title_fullStr Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in Al Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
title_sort door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders (project) in al quseir city, red sea governorate, egypt
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/7aaf802f98a94b4a8ac8b7a9a3ab7f01
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