Frequency and characteristics of febrile convulsions among children in Belbeis family health center. | ||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||
| Article 191, Volume 27, Issue 3, May 2021, Pages 423-430 PDF (712.31 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.15278.1370 | ||
| Authors | ||
| nancy boshra* 1; hosnia ragab2; soad Abd Elsalam shedeed3; hanaa salah said4 | ||
| 1family medicine department, faculty of medicine, zagazig university, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor and Head of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Professor of Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. | ||
| 4Lecturer of Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Febrile convulsion (FC) is the most common neurologic disorder in childhood. It is a major challenge in pediatric and family practice because of its high incidence in young children and its tendency to recur. Objective: To determine the frequency and characteristics of febrile convulsions among children attending Belbeis family health center. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 272 children aged (6months up to 5 years) in Belbeis Family Health Center from April to July 2019, using a predesigned questionnaire to assess the sociodemographic characteristics and structured one to assess the attack characteristics. The sample units were collected by the cluster technique. Results: Frequency of febrile convulsions among the studied children was 8.8%. Most of them had only a single attack; the initial episode was in age younger than 1 year, most of studied (90.6%) family had a negative history of FC among siblings, duration of the FC attack ≤ 5 minutes in 65% of them, and cyanosis occurred during the attack only in 18% of them. There is no significant difference between children with febrile convulsions and children without febrile convulsions regarding age, sex, and socioeconomic status. Conclusion: FC had a high incidence in young children and it also tended to recur, so it represents a major challenge in pediatrics and family medicine practice. We recommend that similar studies on a larger sample of children at different areas of care like inpatient, ED and primary health units should be carried out. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Febrile convulsion; frequency; Health center | ||
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