Prevalence and clinical characteristics of active epilepsy in southern Han Chinese.

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of active epilepsy in southern Han Chinese.

Method: A door-to-door survey about epilepsy was conducted in communities identified by random cluster sampling among 20 villages and 3 communities of Yueyang city. A questionnaire for epilepsy based on the World Health Organization screening questionnaire was used.

Investigation of prevalence, clinical characteristics and management of epilepsy in Yueyang city of China by a door-to-door survey.

Background: The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence rate, types and causes of epilepsy, and information on treatment gap of epilepsy in Yueyang city, and to evaluate the diagnosis and treatment status of these patients.

Methods: A door-to-door epidemiological survey on epilepsy was conducted by random cluster sampling among the urban and rural populations of Yueyang city, Hunan province, China. The screening questionnaire for epilepsy used in this study was adapted from the WHO and ICBERG standard screening questionnaires.