Active Epilepsy & its therapeutic Pattern in Baghdad/Al-Amen City

Hussein Buhr, Basim

	Active Epilepsy & its therapeutic Pattern in Baghdad/Al-Amen City
Mustansiriya Medical Journal
Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-52
Author
Basim Hussein Buhr
Abstract
Background The prevalence of active epilepsy in a large number of studies has been shown to be fairly uniform at 4-10 per 1000 population. Objective: In order to find the prevalence rate of active epilepsy, the possible etiology of epilepsy and to study the therapeutic pattern of epilepsy. Methods A cross section study which included 254 patients 120 female and 134 male in AI-Amen public clinic which serves a population of 145531. Epilepsy was classified into active and inactive epilepsy. Seizures were classified as symptomatic and idiopathic. Results The prevalence rate of active epilepsy was 1.66/ 1000. Active epilepsy rate was 95.3% of the total sample. The etiology was unknown in 77.9% of cases, symptomatic epilepsy 22.1 % which was due to mental retardation (9.4%). head trauma (7.5%). Brain tumour (2.4%), cerebro-vascular accident (1.6%), and meningitis (1.2%). The most frequent (75.2%) management strategy was monotherapy. The rate of patients on regular medical therapy was 57%. The mean duration of treatment was 10.7 ± 8.22 years. Last fit in 84.3% of cases occurred in a duration of one year prior to their participation in the study. Conclusion Availability of medication is not enough unless an appropriate education program is applied to provide all patients with in formation about regular use of the drug.

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