January 31 2010

Complete Review About Epilepsy

Epilepsy is one of the major neurological diseases with problems
complex. Epilepsy has a significant burden of illness, especially in countries developed. This literature review shows that the level of injury and death more high in people with epilepsy than the normal population. Epilepsy is also associated
with psychosocial consequences more severe for patients . Social stigma attached to epilepsy also inhibits patients to engage in
sports activities, employment, education, and marriage.

Epilepsy is one of the neurological disease main. Epilepsy is often associated with physical disability,
mental disability, and psychosocial consequences of weight for sufferer (low education, unemployment
high, social stigma, low self-esteem, a tendency not marry for sufferer). Most of the cases epilepsy began in childhood In 2000, people with epilepsy is estimated at around the world amounted to 50 million people, 37 million people in These include primary epilepsy, and 80% live in the country developing WHO Report (2001) estimated that average there are 8.2 people in the physically active epilepsy between the 1000 population, with incidence rates 50 per 100,000 population. The revalence and incidence estimated to be higher in developing countries.
Epilepsy associated with high injury rates, high mortality, poor social stigma,fear, anxiety, cognitive disorders, and disruption psychiatric
At the age disabled children and adolescents, problems associated with epilepsy become more
complex. People with epilepsy in childhood and adolescence
faced with the problem of lack of social interaction and difficulty in following the formal education. They
have a greater risk of accidents and
death associated with epilepsy. The problem that arises is: What is the impact epilepsy of various aspects of life sufferer. The purpose of writing a paper is to examine the results
Recent research on the impact of epilepsy on a variety of aspects of life. Tracking the literature conducted through internet and library facilities FK UGM.

DISCUSSION

Epilepsy is a chronic disease most often cause medical problems and quality of life bad for sufferer. Large effect on epilepsy aspects of life physically, family, and the environment social. Focus location, the type of resurrection, and the frequency resurrection are the things that affect the the impact of epilepsy on aspects of life sufferer. Study the impact of epilepsy on various aspects of life sufferer will focus on 4 things: (1) injury due to epilepsy, (2) quality of life (Disability Adjusted Life
Years), (3) social stigma, and (4) the risk of death more higher than the comparison population.

1. Injury from epilepsy resurrection
People with epilepsy
(particularly of his resurrection yet
well controlled) has a great risk to suffer injury from epilepsy resurrection. Resurrection injuries
epilepsy is defined as an injury that occurred as a direct result of the rise of epilepsy, and occurs when rise

2. Quality of life of people with epilepsy
People with epilepsy have a better quality of life lower than the normal population. Several studies previous use Disablity Adjusted Life Years
(Daly) to assess the quality of life of people with epilepsy.

Disablity Adjusted Life Years (Daly) is defined as the number of years lost due to premature death or lived in disability. Research on Disability Adjusted Life Years (Daly)
The most interesting is the research Been, et al (1999). This study uses a quantitative assessment approach
the research literature from the years 1980-1999 in developing country with a population of disabled children
(age <15 years). Disability Adjusted Life Years (Daly) / 1000 population of epilepsy in men was 1.1, while in women is 1.3. Disability Adjusted Life Years (Daly) / 1000 population aged 5-14 years with epilepsy is higher compared to 0-4 years of age is 1.6: 0.5. Disability Adjusted Life Years (Daly) / 1000 population of epilepsy
is highest in South America in the amount of 1.5, and the lowest in China is 0.7

3. Death due to epilepsy
People with epilepsy had a relative risk of death higher than the normal population. Various studies
previous use Standarized Mortality Ratio (SMR). Standarized Mortality Ratio (SMR) is the ratio between
the number of deaths in people with epilepsy in a time certain than death in the normal population / reference
population. People with epilepsy also have a risk sudden death unexplained / SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy)

4. Social stigma due to epilepsy

Quality of life of people with epilepsy who are not low can be removed from the social stigma attached to
people with epilepsy. The problem of epilepsy in developing countries
(including Indonesia) are more complex due to prevalence is relatively higher, the proportion of people with a not adequately treated (treatment gap) is higher, and the high cases of symptomatic epilepsy. The main problems associated with the management epilepsy in Indonesia are: (1) there is no epidemiological data clear, (2) a high social stigma, (3) level people with knowledge of the low treatment (number high gap treatment), and (4) poverty and lack of access to health insurance system for the provision of drugs.

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