title: [Migration in different sorts of work, unemployment and retirement of 81 epileptic patients. 3 years of ambulatory follow-up].
abstract: This study aims to assess epileptic patients migration in different sorts of paid/non paid and formal/informal work, unemployment and retirement. Eighty one epileptic patients were evolutively analyzed (cohort) at the Epilepsy Department of Hospital de Base, Medical School, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. The epileptic percentages in different sorts of work, in March 1996 was compared with the one after three-year follow-up period in March 1999. There were no statistical significant changes among the same sorts of work in this period. However, there were intense migrations in relation to different sorts of work. Paid work showed migration to unemployment and retirement. This research shows the significant migration of epileptic patient either to some kind of a less qualified work or to some social security dependence as well as to early retirement.
authors.affiliation: moacirb@wn.com.br
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Pissolatti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D002322:Career Mobility; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004827:Epilepsy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012179:Retirement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014937:Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*