Naslov
Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Rijeka District, Croatia

Autori
Šepić Grahovac, Dubravka ; Sepčić, Juraj ; Willheim, Ksenija ; Jurjević, Ante ; Bučuk, Mira

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the 17th World Congress of Neurology ; u: Journal of Neurological Sciences. Supplement 187 (2001) (S) / - Amsterdam : WFN, 2001, S405-S406

Skup
World Congress of Neurology (17 ; 2001)

Mjesto i datum
London, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 17.06.2001. - 22.06.2001

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
epilepsy; epidemiology; Croatia

Sažetak
The aim of our research was to evaluate the descriptive and analytic epidemiology of epilepsy in litoral-mountain country in western Croatia.This study is the first attempt to identify the number of adults with epilepsy carried out from Croatia.The information about patients was drown from the archives of the Department of Neurology, University of Rijeka and policlinic neurologic practise also from Rijeka. Diagnostic criteria of patients were standardized according to the classifications of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). From 1980 to 1999, 384 cases of so-called active epilepsy were documented. Based on 1981 and 1999 census figures annual incidence rates for epilepsy range from 30, 53 (for 1980-1989) to 34, 94 (for 1990-1999). Patients aged from 60-90 were the most frequent. Epilepsy affected the males twice more than the females. Etiologically the seizures were mostly idiopathic (and rarely cryptogenic)while in symptomatic group they were caused by cerebrovascular diseases, posttraumatic origin and tumor of the brain. Moderate increase of incidence rate in the second period of research (1990-1999) was precipitated by severe military and/or civilian head trauma (war in Croatia, 1991-1995). The incidence of epilepsy in western Croatia with the rate between 30-40/100, 000 are comparable to those similar to others from developed countries and confirms other findings showing that the incidence of active epilepsy increases in elder age.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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