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Sociodemographic risk factors for febrile seizures: A school-based study from Izmir, Turkey

Sociodemographic risk factors for febrile seizures: A school-based study from Izmir, Turkey

Authors :
Duygu Lüleci
Merve Ateşoğlu
Tolga İnce
Alp Ergör
Adem Aydin
Source :
Seizure. 61:45-49
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2018.

Abstract

Purpose Despite the fact that socioeconomic and environmental factors of a population are changing over time, there are few studies focusing on the effects of sociodemographic factors on the prevalence of febrile seizures (FS). This study was designed to find out the prevalence of FS and to investigate the effect of socio-cultural and economic factors on this prevalence among the Turkish school children. Methods A school-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in first and second-class children. Data were collected through a questionnaire from the parents who agreed to be involved in the study. The survey had questions about some socioeconomic and demographic features of the children and febrile seizure episodes. Results 3806 children and parent pairs accepted to participate in the survey. Febrile seizure prevalence was 4.8%. It was found that the prevalence of FS was significantly associated with the chronic illnesses of a child that requires continuous medication, developmental delay of a child, NICU history, gestational hypertension history of a mother, and lower educational level of a mother. Recurrence of FS was observed in 32.9% of children. Children whose first FS was seen below the 39 °C had 1.9 times more recurrence risk. Conclusion FS prevalence rate has declined from 9.7% to 4.3% in our study population within ten years. It was thought that advancing healthcare systems in our country might be decreased the prevalence. Our study enabled us to find out sociodemographic risk factors of FS, but further studies are needed in order to confirm the effect of sociodemographic factors on FS prevalence.

Details

ISSN :
10591311
Volume :
61
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Seizure
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b132e92fc96c1653548a0b8865a66d73
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2018.07.019