J Korean Neurol Assoc.
1995 Sep;13(3):559-564.
Prevalences of Neurological Diseases in the Instftutionalized Population
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- 1Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Korea.
Abstract
- This study investigated the prevalences of neurologic diseases - epilepsy, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, stroke, and dementia - of institutionalized persons in "Flower Village' representing 2.20/, of all institutionalized people in Korea. Overall prevalences of epilepsy, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, stroke, and dementia was 13%, 25%, 7%, 10%, and 7% respectively. Age-matched prevalences of each diseases were investigaed, too. Epilepsy, mental retardation, and cerebral palsy showed high prevalences before third decade and highly associated with each other suggesting that they share common causes. Stroke and dementia showed high prevalences after sixth decade and some of stroke caused seizures after strokes. This study may be helpful to understanding neurologic disease pattern of institutionalized people and people of low socioeconomic class in Korea and also helpful to elucidate the epidenuological relationship between eplepsy, mental retardation, and cerebral palsy.
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