Risk factors associated with the epilepsy treatment gap in Kilifi, Kenya: A cross-sectional study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 688-696

  Mbuba, Caroline K ^a   Ngugi, Anthony K ^a,b,c   Fegan, Greg ^a,g   Ibinda, Fredrick ^a   Muchohi, Simon N ^a   Nyundo, Christopher ^a   Odhiambo, Rachael ^a   Edwards, Tansy ^b   Odermatt, Peter ^d,e   Carter, Julie A ^f   Newton, Charles R ^a,b,c,f,h  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY TREATMENT GAP; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863859949     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70155-2     Document Type: Article

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