Prevalence of epilepsy its treatment gap and knowledge, attitude and practice of its population in sub-urban Senegal an ILAE/IBE/WHO study
(2005) Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy — Vol. 14, n° 2, p. 106-111 (2005)
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- A door-to-door survey was used to determine the prevalence of epilepsy among 4500 people within the Pikine Health District (population 480,000) Senegal. Prevalence was 14.2/1000, and 23.4% of all people with epilepsy had never received appropriate treatment. Figures for the prevalence had increased since a previous survey in 1989. In parallel a study of knowledge attitude and practice was performed in the same district. Salient findings were that: two-thirds of interviewees had at some time witnessed a seizure, 51% agreed when asked if epilepsy is caused by evil spirits, 35% said epilepsy is contagious, only about 18% said that traditional therapy is best, 60% would not mind their child to play with a child with epilepsy but only 32% would agree if their child would want to marry a person with epilepsy. (C) 2004 BEA Trading Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Ndoye, N., Sow, A., Diop, A., Sessouma, B., Sene-Diouf, F., Boissy, L., Wone, I., Toure, K., Ndiaye, M., Ndiaye, P., de Boer, H., Engel, J., Mandlhate, C., Meinardi, H., Prilipko, L., & Sander, J. (2005). Prevalence of epilepsy its treatment gap and knowledge, attitude and practice of its population in sub-urban Senegal an ILAE/IBE/WHO study. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 14(2), 106-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2004.11.003 (Original work published 2005)