RESEARCH PROTOCOL FOR MEASURING THE PREVALENCE OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY IN NIGERIA
RESEARCH PROTOCOL FOR MEASURING THE PREVALENCE OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY IN NIGERIA
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DOI：
10.1159/000110696
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发表时间：
1982-01-01
影响因子：
5.7
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ET AL
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OSUNTOKUN B O;SCHOENBERG B S;ET AL
由于发展中国家缺乏训练有素的神经病学人员，因此设计了一项方案，主要利用非医生初级卫生保健人员在挨家挨户调查中收集数据，以确定主要神经系统疾病的流行情况。一项试点研究表明，在尼日利亚的一个农村社区，由非医生保健工作者成功地对903名受试者进行了人口普查、筛选问卷和简单的神经系统检查。在236名被确定可能患有神经系统疾病的人中，有224人接受了神经科医生的检查。在接受检查的人中，18%是正常的，25%是非神经系统疾病。最常见的非感染性神经系统疾病的患病率（每1000人）是：癫痫37例，周围神经病变15例；孤立感觉性耳聋9例，完全性中风4例。
Because of the scarcity of trained personnel in neurology in developing countries, a protocol was designed utilizing, in large part, non-doctor primary health care personnel for collecting data in a door-to-door survey to determine the prevalence of major neurologic diseases. A pilot study revealed the feasibility of a census, screening questionnaire, and simple neurologic examination successfully administered to 903 subjects in a rural community in Nigeria by non-doctor health care workers. Of 236 who were identified as likely to suffer from neurologic illness, 224 were examined by neurologists. Of those examined, 18% were normal, and 25% had nonneurologic illnesses. The prevalence ratios (per 1000 population) for the most common noninfectious neurologic conditions encountered are: epilepsy 37, peripheral neuropathy 15; isolated perceptive deafness 9, and completed stroke 4.