Treatment response and predictors in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease with a variable therapeutic response. To design effective treatment strategies for epilepsy, it is important to understand treatment responses and predictive factors. However, limited data are available in Africa, including Ethiopia. The aim of this study was therefore to assess treatment response and identify prognostic predictors among patients with epilepsy at Jimma university medical center, Ethiopia. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 404 newly diagnosed adult epilepsy patients receiving antiepileptic treatment between May 2010 and May 2015. Demographic, clinical, and outcome data were collected for all patients with a minimum follow-up of two years. Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify predictors of poor seizure remi

SUBMITTER: Gidey K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838070 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature