difu+cienciaRepositorio Institucional Digital de la Universidad Evangélica Boliviana
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Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project
Título
Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project
Autoría
Elisa Bruno
Graziella Quattrocchi
Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gómes
Vito Sofia
Sandra Padilla
Mario Camargo
Mario Zappia
Alessandro Bartoloni
Alessandra Nicoletti
Descripción
The study was carried out in the Cordillera province, southern-eastern Bolivia. One hundred fourteen rural communities with a total population of 18.907 inhabitants were included in the survey. In order to identify subjects with EACS, trained fieldworkers administered a validate single screening question to the householders (stage I). A second face to face questionnaire was administered to each positive subject (stage II) that, in case of positive answer, underwent a complete neurological examination the diagnosis (stage III). We estimated age and sex specific life-time and active EACS prevalence at the prevalence day (30 june 2010). Incidence risk was evaluated for the 10 year period between January 2000 and December 2010
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Inglés
Editor
PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139108. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139108
Colaborador
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs—Development Cooperation within the project Strengthening of Health Services in the Bolivian Chaco: A Community Based Perspective (8759/UCODEP/BOL).
Identificador
PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139108. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139108
Materia
Epilepsy Prevalence Rural Bolivia
Fecha de entrega
February 25, 2015
Fecha de aceptación
2015
