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ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2019

The prevalence of Epilepsy and its co-occurrence with alcohol dependence among polish prisoners.

Barbara Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Katarzyna Czechowska, Barbara Więckowska

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Article in International journal for equity in health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Barbara Stawińska-WitoszyńskaDepartment of Epidemiology and Hygiene, Chair of Social Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 4, 60-806, Poznan, Poland.
Katarzyna CzechowskaDepartment of Epidemiology and Hygiene, Chair of Social Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 4, 60-806, Poznan, Poland. katarzyna.czechowska@gmail.com.
Barbara WięckowskaDepartment of Computer Science and Statistics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFor a large part of the prisoners population, the prevalence of many diseases and the number of risk factors are greater than for the general population. In this work, we present an analysis of the prevalence of epilepsy and its co-occurrence with alcohol dependence among prisoners in a Polish penitentiary.

methodsOne and multidimensional logistic regression was used to present the relationship between epilepsy and the co-occurrence of alcohol dependence and of other variables like: the prisoners' age, their classification, the unit type, the length of the stay in the penitentiary, and professional activity.

resultsMore than 7% of the prisoners had epilepsy. The prevalence was significantly higher in the 40-49 age group and among prisoners aged 50 and older. For prisoners suffering from alcohol dependence, the probability of epilepsy was over four times higher than for prisoners who did not suffer from that condition (OR [95%CI] = 4.09 [1.82-9.17], p = 0.001].

conclusionsThe obtained results show that the prevalence of epilepsy and alcohol dependence in the studied prisoner population was much higher than in the general population of Poles and that alcohol dependence was strongly correlated with epilepsy, independent from other variables. The research allowed to assess the size of the analyzed problem among convicts, however, bearing in mind the multifactorial etiology of epilepsy, the cause and effect relationship between exposure to alcohol and its occurrence would require further in-depth analytical studies taking into account other etiological factors of this disease.

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ComorbidityAdultAgedAlcoholismEpilepsyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolandPrevalencePrisonersPrisonsRisk FactorsAlcohol dependenceEpilepsyPrisoners

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