Research protocol for measuring the prevalence of neurologic disorders in developing countries :results of a pilot study in Nigeria / B.O. Osuntokun [ ... et al.]
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ArticlePublication details: 1982 Subject(s): Nervous system diseases | Developing countries | Online resources: Click here to access online
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Neuroepdemiology 1982 ; 1 : 143-153.Summary: Because of the scarcity of trained personnel in neurology in developing countries, we designed a protocol utilizing, in a large part, non-doctor primary health care personnel for collecting data in a door-to-door survey to determine the prevelance of major neurologic diseases. A pilot study revealed the feasibility of a census, screening questionnaire, and simple neurologic examination successfully administered to 903 subjects in a rural community in Nigeria by non-doctor health care workers. Of 236 who were identified as likely to suffer from neurologic illness, 224 were examined by neurologists. Of those examined, 18% were normal, and 25% had nonneurologic illnesses. The prevalence ratios (per 1,000 population) for the most common noninfectious neurologic conditions,encountered are : epilepsy 37; peripheral neuropathy 15; isolated perceptive deafness 9, and completed stroke 4.
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Because of the scarcity of trained personnel in neurology in developing countries, we designed a protocol utilizing, in a large part, non-doctor primary health care personnel for collecting data in a door-to-door survey to determine the prevelance of major neurologic diseases. A pilot study revealed the feasibility of a census, screening questionnaire, and simple neurologic examination successfully administered to 903 subjects in a rural community in Nigeria by non-doctor health care workers. Of 236 who were identified as likely to suffer from neurologic illness, 224 were examined by neurologists. Of those examined, 18% were normal, and 25% had nonneurologic illnesses. The prevalence ratios (per 1,000 population) for the most common noninfectious neurologic conditions,encountered are : epilepsy 37; peripheral neuropathy 15; isolated perceptive deafness 9, and completed stroke 4.
Oversized WHO Protocol Epidemiological studies of neurologic disorders 1981 is in Document Collection WHO Various 1981.
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