The prevalence and subjective handicap of epilepsy in Ilie - A rural riverine community in South West Nigeria: A door-to-door survey

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-264

  Mustapha, A F ^a   Preux, P M ^b   Sanya, E O ^c   Akinleye, C A ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Subjective handicap and treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SEX RATIO; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROBOSCOPY; SUBJECTIVE HANDICAP OF EPILEPSY SCALE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ATYPICAL ABSENCE SEIZURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERSONAL LIFE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYNEUROPATHY; SOCIAL LIFE; SUBJECTIVE HANDICAP; TORSION DYSTONIA; TROPICS; WORK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907080548     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.016     Document Type: Article

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