RESUMEN
This study is a field study with cross-section and case control conducted in the Kucukcekmece Region of Istanbul between June 1999 and February 2000. Four hundred and ninety three dwellings selected by a simple random sampling method were visited. From a population of 2187, 58 people, after filling in a questionnaire were suspected to have epilepsy. Following an interview, neurological examination and an electroencephalogram (EEG) 17 were diagnosed as having epilepsy. Lifetime epilepsy prevalence was 0.8%. 41.2% of the 17 epilepsy cases had partial epilepsy ( n= 7), 47.0% had generalized (n = 8) and in 11.8% seizures could not be classified ( n= 2). The risk factors for epilepsy in the control group ( n= 125) from the same region and those with epilepsy were investigated by means of logistic regression analyses. Educational status (odds ratio : 1.82, 95% confidence interval : 1.13-2.94; P= 0.01), profession (OR : 0.76, 95% CI : 0.60-0.97; P= 0.03), history of epilepsy in the family (OR : 0.67, 95% CI : 0.47-0.94; P= 0.02) were determined to be correlated with epilepsy. The results have drawn attention to the fact that individuals should be informed about epilepsy.
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Epilepsia/epidemiología , Población Rural/estadística & datos numéricos , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Áreas de Influencia de Salud , Niño , Preescolar , Estudios Transversales , Electroencefalografía , Epilepsia/diagnóstico , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Prevalencia , Estudios Retrospectivos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Turquía/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
In this study, we investigated smoking addiction and some risk factors among university students in Istanbul. A questionnaire survey of 236 university students studying in Istanbul Medical Faculty (n: 148) and other faculties (n: 88) was performed with cross-sectional and responding-under-observation methods in March-May 1999. Thirty-six per cent of the university students with mean age 24.0 (2.9 were addicted to smoking (n: 85): 41.3% males and 26.7% females; 67.5% were using imported and 32.5% were using local product cigarettes. Of the subjects, 18.1% were smoking 1-10 cigarettes a day, 61.4% 11-20 cigarettes a day and 20.5% more than 20 cigarettes a day. When alcohol and smoking addiction were compared with logistic regression analysis, with respect to gender, age, school, parents' educational levels, living style and the sources of income, the risk factor for alcohol addicts was found to be more 2.54 times than smoking addicts (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.38-4.67; p = 0.003). The study has emphasized the association of alcohol and smoking addiction in university students and the prevalence of smoking addiction among adolescent females.