Epidemiological study of epilepsy in Faisalabad.

Abstract

Objectives: To explore the preventable cause of epilepsy. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Monthly Epileptic Camp, Mujahid Hospital Madina Town & Psychiatry OPD of Government General Hospital Ghulam Muhammad Abad, Faisalabad. Period: Jan to December 2019. Material & Methods: 121 epileptic patients participated. A questionnaire was developed. For the analysis of results descriptive statistics was used. Results: During the prenatal period 50.2% mothers of patients had checkup by doctor, 40.6% of patients exposed ultrasonic waves.  Percentage of normal birth mode was 90.9 and 70.2% of participants born at home. Among patients 89.3% were vaccinated. Daily functioning was disturbed in 29.8%, academics disturbance was in 78.5% patients. Mental illness was present in 62% patients. Mental and physical illness is same in both gender but age is significant risk factor. Conclusion: Regarding the causes of epilepsy findings depicts that almost half of the patient’s mothers had checkup during their pregnancy.  A large number of participants had normal delivery at home. Three fourth of the patients were vaccinated.  Around two fourth of the patients had history of physical illness during childhood, fewer patients had history of head injury and family history of epilepsy. Epileptic patient’s cognitive functions and abstract thinking is impaired.