Publications by authors named "Aissatou Kenda Bah"
Objective: We aim to quantify the degree of epilepsy stigma perceived by people living with epilepsy (PLWE) in the Republic of Guinea (2019 gross national income per capita, 930 USD) and analyze the demographic, social, and clinical factors associated with epilepsy stigma in this setting.
Methods: A prospective convenience cohort of PLWE was recruited at the Ignace Deen Hospital in Conakry and evaluated by U.S.
Introduction: Coronavirus is a virus with potential to target the nervous and respiratory systems. The aim of this work is to establish the prevalence of strokes in COVID19 positive patients in Guinea.
Methods: All patients with stroke confirmed by brain imaging and COVID-positive PCR were included in this study.
Objective: To explore the socioeconomic factors associated with epilepsy in the Republic of Guinea.
Methods: People living with epilepsy (PLWE) were prospectively recruited at Ignace Deen Hospital, Conakry, in 2018. An instrument exploring household assets as a measure of wealth was designed and administered.
Background: In low-income countries (LICs), there are multiple barriers for children with epilepsy (CWE) to attend school. We examined potentially modifiable associations with poor school performance in CWE in the West African Republic of Guinea.
Methods: Children with epilepsy of school age were recruited using public announcements and a clinical register of people with epilepsy at the Ignace Deen Hospital in Conakry in 2018.
Purpose: Children with epilepsy in low-income countries often go undiagnosed and untreated. We examine a portable, low-cost smartphone-based EEG technology in a heterogeneous pediatric epilepsy cohort in the West African Republic of Guinea.
Methods: Children with epilepsy were recruited at the Ignace Deen Hospital in Conakry, 2017.
The diagnostic certainty of medullar tuberculosis (TB) without Pott disease is difficult to establish in a tropical environment with the large group of infectious, parasitic, and systemic myelopathies, despite the increasing availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data and improvement of biological exploration platforms. We retrospectively analyzed the files of 186 patients hospitalized in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the University Hospital Center of Conakry, Guinea, between 2008 and 2016 for the management of non-compressive and compressive myelopathy. Biological evidence of TB infection was demonstrated for 13 (6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize the reasons, extent, and impact of traditional medicine use among people with epilepsy (PWE) in the Republic of Guinea.
Methods: Guinea is a low-income country in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with limited healthcare resources. People with epilepsy and their caregivers were seen at a public referral hospital in Conakry, the capital city, where they completed semi-structured interviews with physicians regarding their beliefs about epilepsy, medical care, and engagement with traditional healers.