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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
- Source :
- Seizure. 61:45-49
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Gestational hypertension
Turkey
Population
Prevalence
Seizures, Febrile
03 medical and health sciences
Epilepsy
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
030225 pediatrics
Febrile seizure
medicine
Humans
Child
education
Socioeconomic status
education.field_of_study
Schools
business.industry
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Neurology
Child, Preschool
Population study
Female
School based
Neurology (clinical)
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
Subjects
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