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Electroencephalographic Features Of Convulsive Epilepsy In Africa: A Multicentre Study Of Prevalence, Pattern And Associated Factors, Symon M. Kariuki, Steven White, Eddie Chengo, Ryan G. Wagner, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Honorati Masanja, Anthony Ngugi, Josemir W. Sander, Brian G. Neville, Charles R. Newton
Electroencephalographic Features Of Convulsive Epilepsy In Africa: A Multicentre Study Of Prevalence, Pattern And Associated Factors, Symon M. Kariuki, Steven White, Eddie Chengo, Ryan G. Wagner, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Honorati Masanja, Anthony Ngugi, Josemir W. Sander, Brian G. Neville, Charles R. Newton
Family Medicine, East Africa
Objective: We investigated the prevalence and pattern of electroencephalographic (EEG) features of epilepsy and the associated factors in Africans with active convulsive epilepsy (ACE).
Methods: We characterized electroencephalographic features and determined associated factors in a sample of people with ACE in five African sites. Mixed-effects modified Poisson regression model was used to determine factors associated with abnormal EEGs.
Results: Recordings were performed on 1426 people of whom 751 (53%) had abnormal EEGs, being an adjusted prevalence of 2.7 (95% confidence interval (95% CI), 2.5–2.9) per 1000. 52% of the abnormal EEG had focal features (75% with temporal lobe involvement). The …