Attia-Romdhane N, Mrabet A, Ben Hamida M
Institut National de Neurologie, La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia.
Epilepsia. 1993 Nov-Dec;34(6):1028-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1993.tb02129.x.
A door-to-door survey was made in Kelibia, Tunisia to determine the prevalence of major neurologic disorders, including epilepsy. The survey was made according to a World Health Organization (WHO) protocol (1981). All individuals responding positively to the screening tool were examined by a neurologic team using well-defined diagnostic criteria. One hundred forty-one individuals, alive on prevalence day (July 1, 1985), were identified as having active epilepsy, giving a crude prevalence ratio of 4.04 per 1,000 and an age-adjusted (on WHO population) prevalence ratio of 3.64 per 1,000. Prevalence ratios increase with age (in children and young adults with the highest prevalence ratio at approximately 20 years) and decrease after 40 years. The most frequently identified type was generalized convulsive seizures (93%). The most frequently associated conditions were cerebral palsy and mental retardation.
在突尼斯的凯利比亚进行了一项挨家挨户的调查，以确定包括癫痫在内的主要神经系统疾病的患病率。该调查是根据世界卫生组织（WHO）的方案（1981年）进行的。所有对筛查工具呈阳性反应的个体均由神经科团队使用明确的诊断标准进行检查。在患病率调查日（1985年7月1日）仍在世的141人被确定患有活动性癫痫，粗患病率为每1000人中有4.04人，年龄调整后（基于WHO人口数据）的患病率为每1000人中有3.64人。患病率随年龄增长而升高（儿童和年轻人中患病率最高，约在20岁左右），40岁以后则下降。最常见的类型是全身性惊厥发作（93%）。最常伴发的疾病是脑瘫和智力障碍。
