Epilepsy and learning disability
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Epidemiological issues in ‘special groups’ are dependent on both the source and age of the population. Cohort effects, due to year of birth, are important in defining prevalence in both learning disability1 and epilepsy2. Table 137 shows epidemiological surveys of the prevalence of epilepsy in people with mental and physical handicap. A survey in an institution for people with learning disability gave a prevalence of epilepsy of 32%5, while a large communitybased questionnaire survey of health needs in people with a learning disability gives a prevalence of 22.1%, making epilepsy second only to psychological illness as a comorbidity7. This can be compared with an estimated prevalence of epilepsy in the general population of between 0.4 and 1%8.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015