Prevalence of febrile convulsion in 3637 children of primary school age in the province of Malatya Turkey
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İnönü Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS |
| Dergi ISSN | 0142-6338 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Dergi Grubu | Q4 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 08-2000 |
| Cilt No | 46 |
| Sayı | 4 |
| Sayfalar | 249 / 250 |
| Özet |
| The methodology was a randomized study of febrile convulsion carried out in the province of Malatya, covering a population of 3637 schoolchildren (1842 boys, 1795 girls) aged 7–12 years. The study was carried out in two phases. The first was a cross-sectional phase; parents of all students in five randomly selected primary schools belonging to different socioeconomic levels, were given a screening questionnaire (SQ). The SQ asked about any history of FC, age at the time of first convulsion, the presence of the symptoms that might be confused with FC such as syncope, jerking, tremor, loss of consciousness, deviation of eyes, cyanosis of lips, spasm of neck, trunk, legs or arms, twitching of one side of the face, illusions or hallucinations accompanied by fever. In the second phase, according to the results of the screening questionnaire, 321 possible cases identified by screening were assessed in a cascade … |
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