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Febrile seizures in a South Indian district: incidence and associations
Author(s) -
Hackett Richard,
Psych Latha Hackett MRC,
MA. Preeta Bhakta
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07450.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , epilepsy , pediatrics , medicine , febrile seizure , psychiatry , febrile convulsions , physics , optics
One thousand four hundred and three children participated in a home‐based survey of psychiatric disorders in 8‐ to 12‐ year‐old children in Calicut District, Kerala, India. One thousand one hundred and ninety‐two consecutive children underwent neurological and psychometric assessments. The projected number of children with a history of febrile seizures was 120 giving a lifetime incidence of 10.1%. Recurrent febrile seizures predominated and these were strongly associated with a history of perinatal adversity. Febrile seizures were independently associated with indices of infective illness and mothers' education. Epilepsy developed in 2.7% of children with febrile seizures, but no evidence was found that febrile seizures had adverse intellectual or behavioural sequelae.