[Work conditions of patients with controlled epileptic crises].
OBJECTIVE
To study the employment conditions in a group of patient epileptic adults with control of its seizures, assisted in the University Hospital of Cajuru.


METHODS
We studied 70 patients that we applied the specific protocol, obtaining data of its origin, profession and job situation.


RESULTS
We examined 46 men and 24 women, with mean age 34 years old, where 63 of urban origin and 7 rural. All the patients were in treatment with antiepileptic drugs and without seizures or less than three seizures in the last twelve months. The largest group of patients (35) they met unemployed: 14 retired, 11 of the motivated by the disease, 10 worked as autonomous, 3 only studied and 3 were public employees.
Hernández-Fustes
O J
OJ
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Cajuru da PUCPR, Curitiba, Brasil.
da Silva
L F
LF
Hernández-Cossio
O
O
Kawasaki
M S
MS
Rodríguez
C A
CA
Quispe
Y
Y
Fustes
J H
JH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004651:Employment; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000927:Anticonvulsants
Situación laboral de pacientes con crisis epilépticas controladas.