Reggio A, Failla G, Patti F, Nicoletti A, Grigoletto F, Meneghini F, Morgante L, Savettieri G, Di Perri R
Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Catania, Italy.
Ital J Neurol Sci. 1996 Apr;17(2):147-51. doi: 10.1007/BF02000846.
In a door-to-door survey of common neurological disorders in Sicily (SNES Project), we administered a screening symptoms questionnaire and a brief neurological examination to detect epileptic patients. All of the subjects effectively resident in the community of Riposto on 1 November 1987 (prevalence day) were investigated (n = 9956). The subjects with a positive questionnaire or a previous diagnosis of epilepsy were extensively examined by a neurologist and then definitively classified for epilepsy by a panel of senior neurologists. The crude prevalence of active and non-active epilepsy was 3.21/1000; the prevalence of active epilepsy alone was 2.71/1000. Of the 27 active cases, sixteen were affected by generalized tonic-clonic seizures, four by absences and four by complex partial attacks. All except two were being treated with antiepileptic drugs, most with phenobarbital. Our prevalence rate is lower than that reported by most authors, but similar to the rates in other Sicilian communities.
在西西里岛常见神经系统疾病的挨家挨户调查（SNES项目）中，我们发放了一份筛查症状问卷并进行了简短的神经系统检查，以检测癫痫患者。对1987年11月1日（患病率调查日）实际居住在里波托社区的所有受试者（n = 9956）进行了调查。问卷呈阳性或既往有癫痫诊断的受试者由神经科医生进行全面检查，然后由一组资深神经科医生最终确定癫痫分类。活动性和非活动性癫痫的粗患病率为3.21/1000；仅活动性癫痫的患病率为2.71/1000。在27例活动性病例中，16例为全身强直阵挛性发作，4例为失神发作，4例为复杂部分性发作。除2例之外，所有患者均接受抗癫痫药物治疗，大多数使用苯巴比妥。我们的患病率低于大多数作者报告的患病率，但与西西里岛其他社区的患病率相似。
