Prevalence, risk factors, and neurobehavioral comorbidities of epilepsy in Kenyan children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the prevalence, risk factors, clinical features, and neurobehavioral comorbidities of epilepsy and acute symptomatic seizures in school-aged children in Kilifi, Kenya.

Methods

Randomly selected children (N = 11,223) were screened for epilepsy and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Those who screened positive were invited for further clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG), and neuropsychological evaluations. Prevalence was measured by dividing cases by screened population, providing Agresti-Coull confidence intervals (CIs). Prevalence ratios were computed using log binomial regression, and odds ratios (ORs) were computed using logistic regression; both were implemented with generalized linear models. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),

SUBMITTER: Kind CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862110 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature