Study
Door-to-Door de
Neurological
Enfermedades in
Atahualpa, a Rural
Population of the
Ecuadorian Coast -
Methodology and
Operational
Definitions
NOTE: Translated
using software of
translation of
Spanish to English
ABSTRACT:
We describe the
methods and
operational
definitions of an epidemiological
door-to-door survey for the detection of neurological disorders in Atahualpa, a rural community of approximately 2,600 inhabitants, located
in the coastal region of Ecuador. We will determine the prevalence of
epilepsy; the prevalence and incidence of cerebrovascular disease; the
prevalence of dementia; the relationship between smoking, alcohol
ingestion, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and stroke; the
relationship between cysticercosis and epilepsy; and the prevalence of
Taenia solium infection among individuals who tested positive for
anti-cysticercal antibodies in serum. We hope that improved
epidemiological knowledge on some differences of expression that such
diseases may present according to racial, cultural, and socio-economic
factors, may improve the control and management of these conditions in
Atahualpa.
Author:
Ecuadorian
magazine of neurology
