Population-Based Study of Epilepsy in Cambodia Associated Factors, Measures of Impact, Stigma, Quality of Life, Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Treatment Gap

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 7; no. 10; p. e46296
• Main Authors: Bhalla, Devender, Chea, Kimly, Hun, Chamroeun, Vannareth, Mey, Huc, Pierre, Chan, Samleng, Sebbag, Robert, Gérard, Daniel, Dumas, Michel, Oum, Sophal, Druet-Cabanac, Michel, Preux, Pierre-Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.10.2012; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Attitudes; Biology; Cambodia; Cambodia - epidemiology; Consent; Epilepsy; Epilepsy - epidemiology; Epilepsy - physiopathology; Epilepsy - psychology; Epilepsy - therapy; Female; Genetics; Health aspects; Health education; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health sciences; Humans; Hyperthermia; Life Sciences; Male; Mathematical analysis; Medicine; Neurology; Participation; Population studies; Population-based studies; Pregnancy; Prey; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk factors; Rural areas; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Seizing; Seizures; Sleep; Society; Stereotyping; Stigma; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Cambodia; France

Identify epilepsy-associated factors and calculate measures of impact, stigma, quality of life (QOL), knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP) and treatment gap in Prey Veng, Cambodia. This first Cambodian population-based case-control study had 96 epileptologist-confirmed epilepsy cases and 192 randomly s...