dc.contributor.author | Kirabira, Joseph | |
dc.contributor.author | Rukundo, Godfrey Zari | |
dc.contributor.author | Kibuuka, Moses | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-06T09:09:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-06T09:09:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kirabira, J., Rukundo, G. Z., & Kibuuka, M. (2022). Electroencephalogram utilization and psychiatric comorbidities among children and adolescents with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 00912174211058136. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2194 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fogarty International Center grant number D43TW010128 | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine | en_US |
dc.subject | Electroencephalogram | en_US |
dc.subject | Epilepsy | en_US |
dc.subject | Children | en_US |
dc.subject | Adolescent | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychiatric disorders | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Electroencephalogram utilization and psychiatric comorbidities among children and adolescents with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |