Study of prevalence of epilepsy in children in rural Maharashtra
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G409- Epilepsy, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/017250
- Lead Sponsor
- Bharati Hospital research Centre Pune
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
A door-to-door survey of 10 villages catered by RHTC, Lavale. The population residing will be screened and children in the given age group will be selected for further study.Those children with history of seizures or seizure like events will be screened by ASHA worklers using a performa.
Exclusion Criteria
Neonatal seizures
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the prevalence of seizures and epilepsy (old and new) in childrenTimepoint: At the time of screening
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To analyse the distribution of types of seizures and epilepsy syndromes <br/ ><br>2.To determine the etiology of seizures- acute symptomatic, febrile, epileptic <br/ ><br>3.To evaluate the prevalent treatment gap in these children <br/ ><br>4.To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding epilepsy <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At the time of screening