Benamer Hani T S
Neurology Department, Queen Elizabeth Neuroscience Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Neuroepidemiology. 2007;29(3-4):143-9. doi: 10.1159/000111575. Epub 2007 Nov 27.
The aim of this study was to review all publications related to the incidence and prevalence of neurological disorders in Libya, and to estimate the burden of these disorders in the country. The PubMed and the Libyan Medical Index were searched using different combinations of keywords. The references in all relevant papers were reviewed for any additional publications. An estimation of the number of patients with neurological disorders was made based on the reviewed data and adjusted using the Libyan Nationwide Official Census of 2006. Sixteen papers were identified. Incidence rate is available for twelve disorders and the prevalence rate for nine. Data for some of the most common neurological problems such as headaches, or for important disorders such as dementia, are lacking. Therefore, the estimate of 6,892 new neurological cases per year and a total of 11,908 neurological patients in 2006 in Libya is largely underestimating the burden of the neurological disorders in this country and should be regarded as the lowest possible estimation. Further neuroepidemiological studies in Libya are needed.
本研究的目的是回顾与利比亚神经疾病发病率和患病率相关的所有出版物，并估算该国这些疾病的负担。使用不同的关键词组合在PubMed和利比亚医学索引中进行检索。对所有相关论文中的参考文献进行审查，以查找任何其他出版物。根据审查数据对神经疾病患者数量进行估算，并使用2006年利比亚全国官方人口普查数据进行调整。共识别出16篇论文。12种疾病有发病率数据，9种疾病有患病率数据。缺乏一些最常见神经问题（如头痛）或重要疾病（如痴呆症）的数据。因此，利比亚每年6892例新发神经疾病病例以及2006年总计11908例神经疾病患者的估算，在很大程度上低估了该国神经疾病的负担，应被视为可能的最低估算。利比亚需要进一步开展神经流行病学研究。
