Neurological Disease in a Defined Population: The Results of a Pilot Study in Two General Practices
作者:
O.C. Cockerel,
D.M.G. Goodridge,
D. Brodie,
J.W.A.S. Sander,
S.D. Shorvon,
期刊:
Neuroepidemiology
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 2
页码: 73-82
ISSN:0251-5350
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000109892
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Epilepsy;Epidemiology;Incidence;Parkinson's disease;General practice
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
A pilot study was set up to ascertain incident neurological disorders occurring in 25,000 people attending two general-practice surgeries for a period of 1 year. To achieve completeness of ascertainment and diagnostic validity poses considerable logistical and theoretical difficulties, and these are discussed. The commonest disorders (incidence in parentheses) were headaches (210/100,000), back syndromes (319/100,000), acute cerebrovascular disease (128/100,000), and migraine (64/100,000), with non-specific symptoms the most common problem overall (514/100,000). The incidence of Parkinson''s disease was 26/100,000 and that of epilepsy 23/100,000. The pilot study will form the basis for a more comprehensive linkage scheme between the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London and surrounding general practices with a total base population of 100,000.
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