Seizure frequency and risk of cognitive impairment in people living with epilepsy in a sub-urban community in South Eastern Nigeria.

This study is aimed at assessing the impact of seizure frequency on the cognitive performance of epileptic adult patients in a rural community in South Eastern Nigeria. A total of 51 patients with epilepsy (33 males and 18 females) with a mean age of 30.7 ± 12.

A community-based case-control study of prevalence and pattern of cognitive impairments in patients with epilepsy residing in South-Eastern Nigeria.

Background: Epilepsy is the commonest neurological disorder encountered in Sub-Saharan Africa. The quality of life of patients with epilepsy (PWEs) is adversely affected by cognitive impairments.

Aim: This study investigated the prevalence and pattern of cognitive impairments in PWE in Ukpo community located in a South-Eastern state in Nigeria using Community Screening Interview for Dementia (CSID) and a computer-assisted cognitive test battery (FePsy).

Epidemiology of active epilepsy in a suburban community in Southeast Nigeria: A door-to-door survey.

Context: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic conditions afflicting an estimated 65 million people the world over. Current community-based data on the prevalence of active epilepsy in Africa are sparse.

Aims: This study was aimed at determining the prevalence and profile of active epilepsy in a suburban community in Southeast Nigeria.

Illness concept among people with epilepsy and their caregivers and preferred treatment methods in a suburban community in Southeast Nigeria.

Background: Epilepsy, one of the world's most prevalent chronic diseases is still regarded as a supernatural disease in many parts of the world. These superstitious and cultural beliefs tend to influence treatment seeking behavior of people living with epilepsy (PWE) and their caregivers.

Study Design: People living with epilepsy in a semi-urban community in Southeast Nigeria were identified in a two phase door-to-door cross-sectional descriptive study.

Epilepsy treatment gap: prevalence and associated factors in Southeast Nigeria.

Objectives: The treatment gap of epilepsy in developing countries is high, and data on the magnitude and causes of epilepsy treatment gap in Africa are sparse. We aimed to determine the prevalence and causes of epilepsy treatment gap among people with epilepsy in a Suburban community in Southeast Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: The direct method was used to determine epilepsy treatment gap in a two-phase cross-sectional study.