• 1. Division of Chronic Disease Control and Prevention, Heilongjiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin 150030, China;
  • 2. Mudanjiang Humanity Elderly Hospital, Mudanjiang 157003, China;
ZHANG Yaxu, Email: Dorcas555@163.com
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Objective To understand the treatment status and economic burden of convulsive epilepsy patients in Hailin City, Heilongjiang Province, who had received an epilepsy management program that was terminated for 6 years, and to estimate the long-term effect of the epilepsy management program.Methods Follow up the 234 patients in the program of epilepsy prevention and management in rural areas at the end of December 2011 by standardized questionnaire and interview.Results Among the 234 patients who received antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and follow-up management at the end of epilepsy prevention and management program in rural areas, 172 patients received Phenobarbitone (PB) and 62 patients received Sodium valproate (VPA). 86 patients completed the survey. Among them, 46 (53.49%) were still taking original drugs, 31 (36.05%) changed to other AEDs, 9(10.47%) gave up the treatment due to the closure of the program. The treatment costs of patients in adherence group were also lower than that of other patients, and the average cost was only 43.61% of that of the replace group. There were statistical significant differences in annual household income, drug costs, offset seizure frequency and current seizure frequency between the two groups.Conclusion The epilepsy management program had remarkable long-term effects and short-term effects, it had advantages in treatment effect and reducing drug costs. It could be recommended throughout rural China.

Citation: HE Weili, YAN Shichun, MA Guangyu, HE Yizhan, Xu Lili, ZHANG Yaxu. Analysis of rural epilepsy management program tracking investigation and analysis in Hailin City Heilongjiang Province. Journal of Epilepsy, 2019, 5(5): 351-355. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20190056 Copy

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