Client with epilepsy in a work Brazilian rehabilitation center.
BACKGROUND
People with epilepsy (PWE) may have problems in obtaining or maintaining regular employment because of restrictions related to their handicap, social prejudices and also high rates of unemployment of the population. The main aim of this pilot study was to know the vocational rehabilitation problems involving PWE sent to a vocational rehabilitation center (VRC) in Rio de Janeiro.


METHODS
Fifteen PWE were selected unbiased from those seen at the VCR. It was reviewed their records in the search of sociodemographic, health care, employment suitability and work rehabilitation data.


RESULTS
Only one person was eligible for the training program, four were ineligible, six were temporarily ineligible, and the other four do not necessitate the rehabilitation, but as the majority, the better seizures control.


CONCLUSIONS
The studied sample of selected PWE, but representative of the studied population, do not show any important successful in the vocational rehabilitation carried out at the VRC.
Gomes
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Epilepsy Program, Institute of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D004522:Educational Status; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000191:economics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational