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ReviewAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Epilepsy in India II: Impact, burden, and need for a multisectoral public health response.

Senthil Amudhan, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Parthasarathy Satishchandra

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Review in Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Referral to an Apex Tertiary Center in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Prospective Cost-of-Illness Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026
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  14. Stress and perceived stigma among parents of children with epilepsy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Senthil AmudhanDepartment of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Gopalkrishna GururajDepartment of Epidemiology, Centre for Public Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Parthasarathy SatishchandraDirector/Vice-chancellor and Professor of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Bangalore Diabetes Centre · INNational Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder whose consequences are influenced socially and culturally, especially in India. This review (second of the two part series) was carried out to understand the social impact and economic burden to develop comprehensive program for control and prevention of epilepsy. Epilepsy is known to have adverse effect on education, employment, marriage, and other essential social opportunities. Economic burden associated with epilepsy is very high with treatment and travel costs emerging as an important contributing factor. A vicious cycle between economic burden and poor disease outcome is clear. There is no significant change in the perception, stigma, and discrimination of epilepsy across the country despite improvement in educational and social parameters over the time. The huge treatment gap and poor quality of life is further worsened by the associated comorbidities and conditions. Thus, a multidisciplinary response is needed to address the burden and impact of epilepsy which calls for an integrated and multipronged approach for epilepsy care, prevention, and rehabilitation. Service delivery, capacity building, integration into the existing program, mobilizing public support, and increasing public awareness will be the hallmarks of such an integrated approach in a public health model.

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Careeconomic burdenepilepsyIndianational programspreventionpsychosocial impactrehabilitationstigmatreatment gap

Identifiers

PMID26713005
PMCPMC4683872
OpenAlexW2176718094

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