Increasing Trends in the Incidence and Prevalence of Epilepsy in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

There have been few reports on recent trends in the occurrence of epilepsy. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence and prevalence of epilepsy and analyze their annual trends in Korea over the period 2009-2017.

Methods

This nationwide population-based study was carried out using the National Health Insurance Service of Korea database. A prevalent case was defined as one of a patient receiving a prescription of anticonvulsants under the diagnostic codes for epilepsy or seizure. An incident case was ascertained by confirming the absence of any epilepsy-related diagnostic codes and anticonvulsant prescription for 2 years or more before the operational definition for a prevalent case was met. Alternative operational definitions for epilepsy wer

SUBMITTER: Jeon JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242311 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature