Factors in Determining Seizure Control in Pediatric Patients On Antiepileptic Medication: A Review of the Literature
- Author:
Anaanthan Bhuvanendran Pillai
1
Author Information
1. Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Collective Name:Azmi Mohd Tamil
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Paediatric seizure;
seizure control;
side effects;
antiepileptic;
factors;
adherence;
quality of life - adherence - quality of life.
- From:International Journal of Public Health Research
2020;10(2):1268-1277
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Introduction Pediatric epilepsy is one of the common illness in children. Pediatric epilepsy
has significant impact not only to the patient, but also to the care takers.
Furthermore, the disease could potentially cause strain in the limited resources
of the healthcare system which is preventable.
Methods A search was conducted to review relevant published studies on factors
affecting seizure control using PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar and also
Science Direct searching engines databases using keywords: paediatric seizure,
seizure control, side effects, antiepileptic, adherence and quality of life.
Results In this review, we found that many factors contribute to the pediatric epilepsy,
namely; compliance, genetic, age, socioeconomic factors, parental health
literacy and numbers and side effects of the medications. Furthermore, there
is certain factors that need to be explored in the future, such as unaddressed
parental concern on treatment/medication, denial of disease and drug-drug
interactions.
Conclusions Factors that had been identified can be used in the prevention and control
programs, while factors which is less studied should be further studied in the
future.
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