Evaluation of a screening tool for the identification of neurological disorders in rural Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurological disorders are common in sub-Saharan African, but accurate neuroepidemiologic data are lacking from the region. We assessed a neuroepidemiological screening tool in a rural Ugandan cohort with high HIV prevalence.

Methods

Participants were recruited from the Rakai Neurology Study in rural Rakai District, Uganda. A nurse administered the tool and a sociodemographic survey. 100 participants returned for validation examinations by a neurologist (validation cohort). The diagnostic utility and validity of the instrument were calculated and characteristics of those with and without neurological disorders compared.

Results

The tool was administered to 392 participants, 48% female, 33% people with HIV, average age 35.1 ± 8.5 years. 33% of the study coho

SUBMITTER: Tran A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914201 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature