Development of a validated clinical case definition of generalized tonic-clonic seizures for use by community-based health care providers

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 743-750

  Anand, Krishnan ^a   Jain, Satish ^b   Paul, Eldho ^a   Srivastava, Achal ^b   Sahariah, Sirazul A ^a   Kapoor, Suresh K ^a  

^a Department of Human Nutrition   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Case definition; Clonic seizures; Community based health care providers; Epilepsy; Generalized tonic; Treatment gap; Validity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18244403137     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.41104.x     Document Type: Review

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