Standards for epidemiologic studies and surveillance of epilepsy

Summary Worldwide, about 65 million people are estimated to have epilepsy. Epidemiologic studies are necessary to define the full public health burden of epilepsy; to set public health and health care priorities; to provide information needed for prevention, early detection, and treatment; to identi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epilepsia (Copenhagen) Jg. 52; H. s7; S. 2 - 26
Hauptverfasser: Thurman, David J., Beghi, Ettore, Begley, Charles E., Berg, Anne T., Buchhalter, Jeffrey R., Ding, Ding, Hesdorffer, Dale C., Hauser, W. Allen, Kazis, Lewis, Kobau, Rosemarie, Kroner, Barbara, Labiner, David, Liow, Kore, Logroscino, Giancarlo, Medina, Marco T., Newton, Charles R., Parko, Karen, Paschal, Angelia, Preux, Pierre‐Marie, Sander, Josemir W., Selassie, Anbesaw, Theodore, William, Tomson, Torbjörn, Wiebe, Samuel
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2011
Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley
Schlagworte:
Biological and medical sciences
Cost of Illness
Epidemiology
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - classification
Epilepsy - diagnosis
Epilepsy - epidemiology
Epilepsy - prevention & control
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Life Sciences
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Population Surveillance
Population Surveillance - methods
Public Health
Public Health - methods
Public Health - standards
Quality of Life
Reproducibility of Results
Santé publique et épidémiologie
Severity of Illness Index
Species Specificity
Surveillance
Nervous system diseases
Epilepsy
Central nervous system disease
Cerebral disorder
ISSN:0013-9580, 1528-1167, 1528-1167
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Worldwide, about 65 million people are estimated to have epilepsy. Epidemiologic studies are necessary to define the full public health burden of epilepsy; to set public health and health care priorities; to provide information needed for prevention, early detection, and treatment; to identify education and service needs; and to promote effective health care and support programs for people with epilepsy. However, different definitions and epidemiologic methods complicate the tasks of these studies and their interpretations and comparisons. The purpose of this document is to promote consistency in definitions and methods in an effort to enhance future population‐based epidemiologic studies, facilitate comparison between populations, and encourage the collection of data useful for the promotion of public health. We discuss: (1) conceptual and operational definitions of epilepsy, (2) data resources and recommended data elements, and (3) methods and analyses appropriate for epidemiologic studies or the surveillance of epilepsy. Variations in these are considered, taking into account differing resource availability and needs among countries and differing purposes among studies.
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ISSN:0013-9580
1528-1167
1528-1167
DOI:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03121.x