Patients with nodding syndrome in Uganda improve with symptomatic treatment: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Nodding syndrome (NS) is a poorly understood neurological disorder affecting thousands of children in Africa. In March 2012, we introduced a treatment intervention that aimed to provide symptomatic relief. This intervention included sodium valproate for seizures, management of behaviour and emotional difficulties, nutritional therapy and physical rehabilitation. We assessed the clinical and functional outcomes of this intervention after 12 months of implementation.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study of a cohort of patients with NS receiving the specified intervention. We abstracted preintervention features from records and compared these with the current clinical status. We performed similar assessments on a cohort of patients with other convulsive epilepsies

SUBMITTER: Idro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244396 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature