Prevalência da epilepsia entre os índios Bakairi do estado do Mato Grosso, Brasil
| Autor: | Ana Paula Pina Borges, Dirce Maria Trevisan Zanetta, Edir Pina de Barros, Moacir Alves Borges |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
geography Plateau geography.geographical_feature_category Population fator de risco Population based sample Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Biology medicine.disease índios Bakairi Familial risk factor Two stages lcsh:RC321-571 prevalência Epilepsy Neurology medicine Neurology (clinical) education epilepsia lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Demography RC321-571 |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 60, Iss 1, Pp 80-85 (2002) Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.60 n.1 2002 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO |
| ISSN: | 1678-4227 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the prevalence of epilepsy in a population based sample: the Bakairi indians, who live on the banks of Paranatinga river in the central plateau of Mato Grosso state, Brazil. This population is composed of 483 inhabitants. The study was outlined in two stages, and the investigation was door-to-door in a total of 103 houses. The results of the instrument showed a sensitivity of 88% (CI- 95%, 84.9-93), specificity of 97.8% (CI-95, 95-98). The prevalence of active epilepsy was 12.4, and inactive was 6.2. This prevalence of the epilepsy was considered high probably due to some familial risk factor (p=0.04) among those Indians, while other factors were not important. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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