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Published: 2022-11-30
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.52163/yhc.v63i8.536
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Vol. 63 No. chuyên đề 3-HN Sản Nhi Nghệ An (2022)
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Mười, H. Đăng ., Thuận, N. Đức ., & Tôn, N. Đăng . (2022). TREATMENT COMPLIANCE OF CHILDREN WITH DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY AT NGHE AN OBSTETRIC AND PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL. Vietnam Journal of Community Medicine, 63(chuyên đề 3-HN Sản Nhi Nghệ An). https://doi.org/10.52163/yhc.v63i8.536

TREATMENT COMPLIANCE OF CHILDREN WITH DRUG-RESISTANT EPILEPSY AT NGHE AN OBSTETRIC AND PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL

Ho Dang Muoi1, Nguyen Duc Thuan2, Nguyen Dang Ton3
1 Nghe An Hospital of Obstetrics and Pediatrics
2 Military Hospital 103
3 Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

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Objectives: Find out the status of adherence to treatment of children with drug-resistant epilepsy and several factors related to treatment at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital. Subjects-methods: Cross-sectional description all pediatric patients diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy according to WHO criteria and primary caregivers at Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital. Result: There were 75 children who met the research criteria. 47.8% of children are in the 1-5 age group, 91.1% of parents are direct carers. The education level of caregivers from high school or higher is 68.0%. The child's history had 24% of febrile convulsions. The duration of treatment for epilepsy lasted for the majority of patients over 2 years 60%. The number of patients with good adherence to treatment accounted for 84%. Finding a statistically significant relationship between caregiver education and adherence (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The percentage of patients who complied with treatment and re-examination is quite high. Factor that was statistically significant for children's compliance is caregiver's education level.

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Drug - resistance Epilepsy, adherence to treatment.

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