A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City

Background:Even though Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder globally, developing countries still have insufficient epidemiological data regarding epilepsy. Aim of the Work:We aimed to estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in primary and preparatory school students in New Damietta city, Damietta...

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Autores principales:	Mohamed Ali, Abdel Monem Mohamed Hassan, Ayman Mahmoud, Hossam Ali
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Publicado:	Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta) 2021
Materias:	epilepsy school children cross-sectional study egypt Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ca076f90f93f4c7fa90cf4108d9785912021-12-02T16:35:04ZA community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City2636-41742682-378010.21608/ijma.2021.64734.1278https://doaj.org/article/ca076f90f93f4c7fa90cf4108d9785912021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ijma.journals.ekb.eg/article_185120_9f7f7caf2fbcb511c87100de9de92055.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2636-4174https://doaj.org/toc/2682-3780Background:Even though Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder globally, developing countries still have insufficient epidemiological data regarding epilepsy. Aim of the Work:We aimed to estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in primary and preparatory school students in New Damietta city, Damietta governorate, Egypt. Patients and Methods:A cross-sectional community-based study that was conducted over a period of six months from February to July 2020. All students from conventional schools were screened using a special validated Arabic translated questionnaire. Students with positive questionnaire findings were subjected to a detailed history, neurological examination, Electroencephalography [EEG], and Magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] whenever possible. Data were coded and analyzed. Result:Lifetime prevalence was 7.5/1000 in conventional schools. Male: Female ratio was 2:1 with statistical significance [95% Confidence Interval= 0.276 to 0.963]. Low socioeconomic class students had a statistically significant higher prevalence of epilepsy. Prenatal and neonatal insults, history of febrile convulsions, and family history of epilepsy were the risk factors with statistical significance. Generalized seizures were more frequent than focal and 62.2% of children were receiving treatment. EEG detected epileptiform discharges in 33.3% of students. Conclusion: The prevalence of overall epilepsy among primary and preparatory school students was similar to that of other Egyptian districts within the same age group. Being male and low socioeconomic status was associated with a high prevalence of epilepsy. The reported prevalence is similar to the prevalence of epilepsy in other Egyptian Governorates and other Arab countries, but lower than the prevalence in Upper Egypt and most developing countries.Mohamed AliAbdel Monem Mohamed HassanAyman MahmoudHossam AliAl-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta)articleepilepsyschoolchildrencross-sectional studyegyptMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Medical Arts, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 1657-1663 (2021)
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spellingShingle	epilepsy school children cross-sectional study egypt Medicine (General) R5-920 Mohamed Ali Abdel Monem Mohamed Hassan Ayman Mahmoud Hossam Ali A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City
description	Background:Even though Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder globally, developing countries still have insufficient epidemiological data regarding epilepsy. Aim of the Work:We aimed to estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in primary and preparatory school students in New Damietta city, Damietta governorate, Egypt. Patients and Methods:A cross-sectional community-based study that was conducted over a period of six months from February to July 2020. All students from conventional schools were screened using a special validated Arabic translated questionnaire. Students with positive questionnaire findings were subjected to a detailed history, neurological examination, Electroencephalography [EEG], and Magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] whenever possible. Data were coded and analyzed. Result:Lifetime prevalence was 7.5/1000 in conventional schools. Male: Female ratio was 2:1 with statistical significance [95% Confidence Interval= 0.276 to 0.963]. Low socioeconomic class students had a statistically significant higher prevalence of epilepsy. Prenatal and neonatal insults, history of febrile convulsions, and family history of epilepsy were the risk factors with statistical significance. Generalized seizures were more frequent than focal and 62.2% of children were receiving treatment. EEG detected epileptiform discharges in 33.3% of students. Conclusion: The prevalence of overall epilepsy among primary and preparatory school students was similar to that of other Egyptian districts within the same age group. Being male and low socioeconomic status was associated with a high prevalence of epilepsy. The reported prevalence is similar to the prevalence of epilepsy in other Egyptian Governorates and other Arab countries, but lower than the prevalence in Upper Egypt and most developing countries.
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author	Mohamed Ali Abdel Monem Mohamed Hassan Ayman Mahmoud Hossam Ali
author_facet	Mohamed Ali Abdel Monem Mohamed Hassan Ayman Mahmoud Hossam Ali
author_sort	Mohamed Ali
title	A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City
title_short	A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City
title_full	A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City
title_fullStr	A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City
title_full_unstemmed	A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City
title_sort	community-based epidemiological study of epilepsy among students of primary and preparatory school stages in new damietta city
publisher	Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ca076f90f93f4c7fa90cf4108d978591
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A community-Based Epidemiological Study of Epilepsy among Students of Primary and Preparatory School Stages in New Damietta City

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