The global burden and stigma of epilepsy

HM De Boer, M Mula, JW Sander - Epilepsy & behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
… Furthermore, epilepsy is a disorder associated with significant psychological … with people
without this condition. Here we discuss some of the aspects of the global burden of epilepsy. …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

E Beghi, G Giussani, E Nichols, F Abd-Allah… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
global public health resource. We present results on the burden of active idiopathic epilepsy
(ie, epilepsy … well as the association between epilepsy burden and development status of a …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of epilepsy in the People's Republic of China from 1990 to 2019: epidemiological trends and comparison with the global burden of epilepsy

Y Shu, Z Wu, X Yang, M Song, Y Ye, C Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… lower mortality for epilepsy compared to the global burden, and the disparity in health
inequality for epilepsy among countries decreased. The improved survival rate of epilepsy in the …

Prevalence of active epilepsy, lifetime epilepsy prevalence, and burden of epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa from meta-analysis of door-to-door population-based …

LF Owolabi, B Adamu, AM Jibo, SD Owolabi, AI Isa… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
… (16/1000) epilepsy with a remarkable burden of the disease in SSA. … people suffer from
active epilepsy (AE) worldwide [3]. Epilepsy is responsible for about 1% of the global burden

From global campaign to global commitment: The World Health Assembly's Resolution on epilepsy

A Covanis, A Guekht, S Li, M Secco, R Shakir… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… the Global Burden of Disease imposed by 220 conditions affecting all organs and systems,
severe epilepsy ranked … First, The People's Republic of China had played a pioneering role in …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of epilepsy in China and its provinces, 1990 to 2019: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019

W Liu, Y Xu, Y Lin, L Wang, M Zhou, P Yin… - Chinese medical …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
burden to families, communities, and society. [4,5] It was estimated that around 90% of the
global burden of epilepsy … lower than the global average level, [7] China has more than 12% of …

An estimation of global volume of surgically treatable epilepsy based on a systematic review and meta-analysis of epilepsy

KA Vaughan, CL Ramos, VP Buch, RA Mekary… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
… Its burden is compounded by a global shortage of access to surgical care; 5 billion people
… , no studies have estimated the global burden of surgically treatable epilepsy (STE). There …

Global burden of childhood epilepsy, intellectual disability, and sensory impairments

…, Global Research on Developmental Disabilities … - …, 2020 - publications.aap.org
… We analyzed Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 data on the prevalence of childhood
epilepsy, intellectual disability, and vision or hearing loss and on years lived with disability (YLD…

Epilepsy in Asia: disease burden, management barriers, and challenges

E Trinka, P Kwan, BI Lee, A Dash - Epilepsia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… the burden of epilepsy in Asia, the challenges faced by people with epilepsy, and the
management of epilepsy. … ,1-3 and accounts for 0.75% of the global burden of disease.The annual …

Epilepsy in developing countries

P Jallon - Epilepsia, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
… , 1996, an international workshop on specific aspects of epilepsy in the developing world
was organized in Geneva by the chairman of the ILAE Commission of Epilepsy in Developing …