Prevalence of all epilepsies in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: a two-stage population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO estimates that more than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy and 80% of cases are in low-income and middle-income countries. Most studies in Africa have focused on active convulsive epilepsy in rural areas, but there are few data in urban settings. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and spatial distribution of all epilepsies in two urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.

Methods

We did a two-stage population-based cross-sectional study of residents in a demographic surveillance system covering two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya (Korogocho and Viwandani). Stage 1 screened all household members using a validated epilepsy screening questionnaire to detect possible cases. In stage 2, those identified with possible seizures and a proportion of

SUBMITTER: Mwanga DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254782 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature