Epidemiological and Risk Factor Evaluation of Epileptic Patients: A Clinical Study

Introduction: Epileptic seizures are one of the most emerging neurologic disorders worldwide. A number of etiologic factors are responsible for this. The major risk factors are cerebrovascular accidents and strokes followed by infections and tuberculosis. The goal of this study is to assess the prevalence of different etiologic agents in causation of epilepsy. Material and methods: The present prospective study was conducted with a sample size of 200 patients. A written consent was taken from all the patients and complete information was provided about the study. The data was collected from patients and analysis was done using SPSS software. Results: In the prospective study, the major cases of seizure patients were of cerebrovascular accident (45%), followed by Idiopathic (27%), Neuroinfection (15%), and alcohol withdrawal (4%). Whereas the stroke cases in elder age group was 62.5%. Conclusion: From the study we concluded that cerebrovascular accidents are the major etiologic factor responsible for seizure.