Manuscript Title:

EVALUATION OF CLINICAL PARAMETERS OF EPILEPSY IN PUNJAB PAKISTAN

Author:

HINA MAHREEN, SUMAIRA KANWAL, TASLEEM KAUSER, SHAZIA PERVEEN

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/X3HM4

Published : 2022-10-23

About the author(s)

1. HINA MAHREEN - Department of Zoology, The Women University Kutchery Campus, L.M.Q Road, Multan.
2. SUMAIRA KANWAL - Department of Biosciences Comsat University, Comsats Road off GT Road, Sahiwal.
3. TASLEEM KAUSER - Department of Zoology, GOVT Sadiq Women University Bahawalpur.
4. SHAZIA PERVEEN - Department of Zoology, The Women University Kutchery Campus, L.M.Q Road, Multan.

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Abstract

Epilepsy is the most common cause of neurological disorder due to disturbance in brain activity. Both genetic and environmental factors play a significant role in development of epilepsy. Objective: The present study was designed to find out prevalence of epilepsy in Pakistani population, frequencies of different parameters involved in epilepsy and association of these factors with different types of epilepsy. Method: Patients with epilepsy were selected from different hospitals of Punjab Pakistan. Questionnaire based data was collected and was entered in SPSS software. Study was conducted in department of zoology the women university Multan. Result: Different parameters showed variable frequencies. Each patient has different onset age. Tonic colonic seizure is most common in all patients. There is no significant difference was found in correlation test. Degree of freedom value for correlation between seizure type and consanguineous parents was 11 and chi square test value was .253. Degree of freedom value was 33 and chi square test value was.850 in the correlation between seizure type and onset age. Different mean value was found in sample collection age, onset age and diagnosis age that are 25.73, 12.56 and 13.22 respectively. Conclusion: Frequency data of gender, onset age, seizure frequency and seizer types are in accordance of the literature and no correlation between different parameters was observed in our data.


Keywords

Antiepileptic drugs, Epilepsy, Environmental factors, Neurological disorder, Tonic colonic seizure.