The prevalence of epilepsy is currently thought to be 490000 (children and adults in the UK) but the Joint Epilepsy Council believes that 590000 people carry the diagnosis. It is not known whether there are important inequalities in prevalence; nor whether specialist centres are in the areas of...
19 Services for epilepsy in the UK are highly variable and few are orientated towards the needs of individuals with ID.20 Psychiatrists in specialist ID services often lack experience of diagnosing and managing epilepsy. An epidemiological perspective on the extent of epilepsy in adults with ID and...
Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15–49 years)
Epilepsy in autism is associated with intellectual disability and gender: evidence from a meta-analysis. Biol Psychiatry. 2008;64(7):577–82. Article PubMed Google Scholar Aathira R, Gulati S, Tripathi M, Shukla G, Chakrabarty B, Sapra S, Dang N, Gupta A, Kabra M, Pandey RM. ...
School-age Effect on Prevalence of Autism/ASD We use the term school-age effect to denote the higher prev- alence rates among school-age children compared with preschool-age children. As Table 1 shows, the study conduct- ed by Green et al. (2004) in the UK presents that the preva- ...
To assess the prevalence of nonadherence to antihypertensive medications among adults attending Primary Healthcare Clinics (PHCs) in Al-Hasa Region. This cross-sectional study included participants from a variety of clinics in the region and each of them had been interviewed to complete the questionna...
In: Getchell TV, Doty RL, Bartoshuk LM, Snow JB Jr, eds. Smell and Taste in Health and Disease. New York, NY: Raven Press; 1991:829-843. 40. Eskenazi B, Cain WS, Novelly RA, Mattson R. Odor perception in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with and without temporal lobectomy. ...
WHO. Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders. 2023. WHO. Neurological disorders public health challenges. 2006. Idro R, Marsh K, John CC, Newton CRJ. Cerebral malaria: mechanisms of brain injury and strategies for improved neurocognitive outcome. Pediatr Res. 20...
Patients with migraine experience other health conditions, including anxiety, chronic sinusitis, depression, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, heart‑ burn, cardiovascular diseases, hypotension, irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia, nonal‑ coholic fatty liver disease, ...
12 Based on a questionnaire survey, the prevalence of Chinese children and adolescents meeting MVPA guidelines was 34.1%.18 Adherence to ST guidelines among youth is also low, with only 8.1%19 of Canadian youth and 23.1% of UK youth meeting the recommendation.20 In Hong Kong, China, 38.6% ...