Prevalence of Epilepsy in Adults with Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities in Primary Care

Autor/inn/en	McDermott, Suzanne; Moran, Robert; Platt, Tan; Wood, Hope; Isaac, Terri; Dasari, Srikanth
Titel	Prevalence of Epilepsy in Adults with Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities in Primary Care
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110 (2005) 1, S.48-56 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
Schlagwörter	Patients; Epilepsy; Cerebral Palsy; Autism; Adults; Mental Retardation; Primary Health Care; Disease Incidence; Down Syndrome + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Patient; Epilepsie; Hirnlähmung; Autismus; Geistige Behinderung; Gesundheitsvorsorge; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom
Abstract	Two primary care practices were used to recruit adults with and without disability. Disability groups included autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and mental retardation. The patients without disability had an epilepsy prevalence rate of 1%. The prevalence of epilepsy within the disability groups was 13% for cerebral palsy, 13.6% for Down syndrome; 25.4% for autism, 25.5% for mental retardation, and 40% for adults with both cerebral palsy and mental retardation. During the decades of adulthood, the prevalence of epilepsy declined for those with cerebral palsy and mental retardation. The prevalence of epilepsy increased with advancing years for adults with Down syndrome, autism, and those without disability. Nonetheless, during each decade the prevalence of epilepsy was higher in all of the disability groups compared to those without disability. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10