Risk Factors Associated with Epilepsy among Children in Al-Najaf Province: A Case Control Study Mohammed Halah Basim Jawad1,*, Al-Ogaili Shukriyia Shadhan Chyad2 1Pediatric health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa 2Health of women & Newborn, Dean of Collage Health and Medical Techniques, Kufa, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq *Corresponding author: Halah Basim Jawad Mohammed., Pediatric health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Kufa
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract Epilepsy is a most common neurological disorder related to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with epilepsy among children. A descriptive case-control study was adopted in order to achieve the stated objectives. The study began from October 8th 2017 until September, 3rd 2018. A descriptive case-control study, Non-Probability (a Purposive Sample) of (100) Children with epilepsy as case group, and (100) healthy children without epilepsy as control group. Reliability of instrument is determined by the use of Cronbach Alpha, and the Validity of questionnaires were determined through a panel of experts. The data are analyzed through the use of the descriptive and inferential statistics. This study revealed that most children aged (10–12) years and most of those were males. Most of children were from urban residential area. There was a significant and high significant association between epilepsy and most of the factors involved in this study. Top Keywords Risk factor, Epilepsy, children. Top |