| Title |
Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Al Quseir city, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.2147/ndt.s87348 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hamdy N El-Tallawy, Wafaa M A Farghaly, Reda Badry, Nabil A Metwally, Ghaydaa A Shehata, Tarek A Rageh, Mohamed Abd El Hamed, Mahmoud R Kandil |
| Abstract |
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and disabling disorder with considerable social effects and economic sequelae. It is one of the major causes of disability in young adults. This study aimed at detecting the prevalence of MS among the population of Al Quseir city. This study is a part of door-to-door survey of major neurological disorders that was conducted in Al Quseir city, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. The sample size was 33,285 persons. The youngest patient was 17 years old. The number of people at and above 17 years of age was 21,827. They were screened by three neurologists. Then, the positive cases were subjected to meticulous clinical evaluation by three staff members of Department of Neurology, Assiut University Hospital, Egypt. Essential investigations were done. A total of three cases of MS were diagnosed with an age-specific prevalence ≥17 years of 13.7/100,000. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 50 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 46% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 24 | 48% |
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