作者
Si-Lei Fong, Kheng-Seang Lim, LeeAnn Tan, Nabilah Hanis Zainuddin, Jun-Hui Ho, Zhi-Jien Chia, Wan-Yuen Choo, Santhi Datuk Puvanarajah, Suganthi Chinnasami, Sow-Kuan Tee, Azman Ali Raymond, Wan-Chung Law, Chong-Tin Tan
发表日期
2021/2/1
期刊
Epilepsy Research
卷号
170
页码范围
106551
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Introduction
The lifetime prevalence of epilepsy varies greatly from 1.5–14.0 per 1000 persons among the Asian countries. We aim to study the prevalence of epilepsy in Malaysia to have a better insight into the burden of disease in the country.
Methods
A population-based door-to-door survey was carried out throughout the country, using questionnaire for brief screening in ascertainment of epilepsy, using a questionnaire and its validated multilingual versions. Respondents who were screened positive underwent second-stage diagnostic phone interview by neurologists/ research assistants.
Results
A total 16, 686 respondents participated in the survey and 646 (3.8 %) respondents were screened positive during the first stage interview. A total of 185 consented for second stage diagnostic interview and 118 (63.8 %) respondents were contacted successfully for the second stage diagnostic phone interview, of which 17 …
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