The prevalence of @entity302 and other XXXX in an Arab population: a community-based study.

@entity1 @entity410 @entity64 @entity75 @entity16 @entity542 @entity302
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of @entity302 and other @entity410 and the causes of symptomatic @entity302 in a Saudi Arabian population. METHODS: Door to door survey of a restricted area inhabited by 23 700 Saudi nationals. The World Health Organization (WHO) protocol designed to detect @entity16 was used as screening instrument. All @entity1 with probable @entity410 were examined by a neurologist and 92% of positive cases were investigated by brain computed tomography (CT) and electroencephalogram (EEG). RESULTS: Prevalence rate (PR) for active @entity302 was 6.54 /1000 population (95% confidence interval 5.48-7.60). Twenty-eight percent of the @entity1 had partial @entity410 , 21% generalized @entity410 and in 51%, it was not possible to determine if the generalized @entity410 had focal onset or not. The @entity302 was symptomatic in 32% of the cases: pre or perinatal @entity75 23%, @entity542 4%, childhood @entity16 4% and @entity64 1%. Febrile @entity410 PR was 3.55 /1000 @entity1 under the age of 6 years and @entity410 were documented in only 0.18 /1000 population. CONCLUSIONS: The PR of @entity302 in Saudi Arabs is within the range of the values reported in most communities. The causes of symptomatic @entity302 revealed a predominance of perinatal and inherited factors. Isolated and non-convulsive @entity410 were probably under-recognized due to various social and cultural factors as well as to lack of sensitivity of the questionnaire for non-convulsive @entity410 .
