Risk factors associated with the epilepsy treatment gap in Kilifi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many people with epilepsy in low-income countries do not receive appropriate biomedical treatment. This epilepsy treatment gap might be caused by patients not seeking biomedical treatment or not adhering to prescribed antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). We measured the prevalence of and investigated risk factors for the epilepsy treatment gap in rural Kenya.

Methods

All people with active convulsive epilepsy identified during a cross-sectional survey of 232,176 people in Kilifi were approached. The epilepsy treatment gap was defined as the percentage of people with active epilepsy who had not accessed biomedical services or who were not on treatment or were on inadequate treatment. Information about risk factors was obtained through a questionnaire-based interview of soci

SUBMITTER: Mbuba CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404220 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature