Association Between Characteristics Epilepsy And Cerebral Palsy And Socioeconomic Status (SES) In Children Patients Attending Hospitals In Makah At Saudi Arabia 2023

Abstract

Background

Epilepsy is common in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and has been used as a marker of severity in this disorder. It is estimated to affect between 15 and 60% of children with CP.  Epilepsy is associated with greater impairment of cognitive function, with lower probability of walking , with more severe behavioral problems, a poorer quality of life in compromising autonomy and inevitably a greater burden of care .  Epilepsy is said to be intractable when two or more trials of anticonvulsants fail to control the seizures. Literature suggests that intractable epilepsy carries a higher morbidity than controlled epilepsy in children and their caregivers.  Seizures are one of the common causes for hospital admissions in children with significant mortality and morbidity. Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement and posture due to disruption of the immature motoric cells in central nervous systems. It is characterized by various neurological abnormalities, one of them is epilepsy. Epilepsy is difficult to control, as it is able to aggravate motor disorders and disrupt cognitive function, ultimately worsening the long-term outcome. Epilepsy has a significant impact on the everyday life of affected individuals. Ai[1]m of the study: To describe the association between Characteristics Epilepsy and Cerebral Palsy and socioeconomic status (SES) in children patients attending Hospitals in Makah at Saudi Arabia 2023. Method: A web-based, cross-sectional study will be conducted using snowball sampling strategy. A self-administered questionnaire was designed and will be sending to the study participants through social media platforms and email. Study participants will be recruited across in the outpatient neurology clinics in Hospitals in Makah at Saudi Arabia. Our total participants were (150). Results: In our study showed that the only 48(32.00%) of the participated were(3-6)years, the child gender the majority of the participated male were (64.0%), a approximately more than half of mothers of the child participant school education (55.0%). Regarding the social challenges faced by parents of children with neurologic disorders. Conclusion: Children with epilepsy in Cerebral Palsy a significant burden in outpatient neurology clinics and inpatient department of developing countries with Cerebral Palsy being more common and having various etiologies. Proper study on clinic profile of seizures can help in proper understanding of the disease burden and to take appropriate measures for its control.