Electroencephalogram utilization and psychiatric comorbidities among children and adolescents with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda.
Int J Psychiatry Med
; 58(1): 56-68, 2023 01.
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed at describing routine electroencephalogram (EEG) findings among children and adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy and determines how interictal EEG abnormalities vary with the psychiatric comorbidities. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study among children and adolescents with epilepsy aged 5-18 years receiving care from a regional referral hospital in Southwestern Uganda. Psychiatric comorbidities were assessed using an adapted parent version of Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5. Thirty-minute EEG samples were taken from routine EEG recordings that were locally performed and remotely interpreted for all participants. RESULTS: Of the 140 participants, 71 (50.7%) had normal EEG findings and 51 (36.4%) had epileptiform abnormalities while 18 (12.9%) had non-epileptiform. Of those who had epileptiform abnormalities on EEG, 23 (45.1%) were focal, 26 (51.0%) were generalized, and 2 (3.9%) were focal with bilateral spread. There was no significant association between the different psychiatric comorbidities and the interictal EEG abnormalities. CONCLUSIONS: Among children and adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy in Southwestern Uganda, only 36% showed epileptiform abnormalities on their EEG recordings. There was no association between the interictal EEG abnormalities and psychiatric comorbidities.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Electroencefalografía
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Epilepsia
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Psychiatry Med
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Uganda
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos