title: Epilepsy in school children with intellectual impairments in Sheffield: the size and nature of the problem and the implications for service provision.
abstract: This study analyses the prevalence and nature of epilepsy in all children between the ages of 5 and 16 years of age in the City of Sheffield with mild, moderate or severe intellectual impairments. An overall figure of 18% was obtained with a range of 7% for those with mild to moderate intellectual impairments to 67% for those with severe intellectual impairments and a physical disability. The severity of the epilepsy similarly varied with the most severe being in those with severe intellectual impairments and physical disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Community Child Health Services, Sheffield, England.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hosking
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male