Fall Maouly, Touré Kamadore, Seck Lala Bouna, Ndiaye Moustapha, Diop Amadou Gallo, Ndiaye Mouhamadou Mansour
Tunis Med. 2015 Feb;93(2):101-3.
Epilepsy remains a major public health problem especially in developing countries where access to new therapies remains limited.
The aim of this work was to study the socio-demographic profile of patients living with epilepsy in Dakar and supported.
We conducted a cross-sectional study over a period of eight months from November 2009 to June 2010 at Fann University Hospital and Health Center Pikine through research on adherence.
The study involved patients living with epilepsy aged over 15 years, diagnosed clinically with epilepsy and/or confirmed by an electroencephalogram and put under antiepileptic drug for more than 3 months. We recruited 411 patients aged 15-74 years with a mean age of 28.93 years. The age range was 15-24 years with 44.6 % majority. The male sex predominated with 52.3 % and the sex ratio was 1.09. Singles outnumbered with 64.7 %. The level of education was the most representative secondary with 29.4 % and patients without profession were 35.5 %. Most of the patients was from semi-urban areas with 47.7 %. Generalized seizures were more frequent with about 70 %. Most of the patients was supported either by their family or by themselves.
The management should be multisectoral for epilepsy out of darkness.
癫痫仍然是一个重大的公共卫生问题，尤其是在获得新疗法机会有限的发展中国家。
这项工作的目的是研究达喀尔接受援助的癫痫患者的社会人口统计学特征。
2009年11月至2010年6月期间，我们在法恩大学医院和皮金健康中心进行了为期八个月的横断面研究，通过研究依从性展开。
该研究纳入了年龄超过15岁、经临床诊断患有癫痫和/或经脑电图证实且接受抗癫痫药物治疗超过3个月的癫痫患者。我们招募了411名年龄在15 - 74岁之间的患者，平均年龄为28.93岁。年龄范围在15 - 24岁的占多数，为44.6%。男性占主导，比例为52.3%，性别比为1.09。单身者居多，占64.7%。教育程度以中学最为典型，占29.4%，无职业的患者占35.5%。大多数患者来自半城市地区，占47.7%。全身性癫痫发作更为常见，约占70%。大多数患者由家人或自己提供支持。
癫痫的管理应是多部门的，以走出困境。
