The prevalence of epilepsy amongst school children in Izmir, Turkey

Abstract

The prevalence of epilepsy is higher in school-age children in Izmir province compared to that in developed countries.

Awareness and Prevalence of Epilepsy; a Study in Educational Hubs at Sheringal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

“…The average prevalence rate in 32 studies from different parts of the world has been estimated at 5.16/1000 [23]. In Pakistan, 11.1 (an average in urban and rural areas) [14], While some studies reported 9.8 [15,24] There were so many studies that did not show any significant gender difference [26],But most of the surveys show high prevalence percentages in male; which is assumed to reflect the contribution of etiologic factors such as head trauma known to be more frequent in males [12,27]. Similarly high prevalence percentage in female at primary (60.7%) and secondary (35.7); while these percentages were higher at tertiary and professional level in male population; 20.9% and 12.8% respectively.…”

“…Similarly high prevalence percentage in female at primary (60.7%) and secondary (35.7); while these percentages were higher at tertiary and professional level in male population; 20.9% and 12.8% respectively. It is possible that epilepsy in women was underreported due to various social and cultural factors [28], which need to be explored especially in this male dominant hard area.…”

“…The awareness and prevalence's were determined in epileptic and non-epileptic patients. These procedures also have been used by other authors [9,12,21,22].…”

“…While knowing the degree of awareness, understanding and attitude toward a disease in a society is a necessary first step in eradicating discrimination against persons carrying the disease [8,11]. Epidemiologic studies on epilepsy show wide variations in prevalence rates (PRs) from 0.9 to 57 per 1000 population [12]. Studies of the prevalence of epilepsy from the developing world have shown prevalence rates 2 to 25 times higher than the average prevalence rate of 5 to 6 per 1,000 in developed countries.…”

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.…”