[Epilepsy and employment: a multicentric study of 55 epileptics employed in the public and private sectors in Abidjan].
GOAL AND STUDY TYPE: to favour access and job conservation for the epileptic's patients, a descriptive and transversal study of word conditions of epileptic's workers have been driven for June to December 2005 at Abidjan.


METHODS
study population was constituted of 55 epileptics who are regularly followed and diagnose patients during study period. They did a fixed professional activity employee and old than 15 years. Study was divided in two stapes. The first drive a questionnaire directed. She has completed by an exploitation sentence register of work accident, for balances sheet activities of medical service and filing organization of activities. Variables collected concerned socio-demographic data, medico social structures and the prevention. These data have been treated with soft ware Epi-info 6.0 dfr.


RESULTS
the sample was constituted of 35 per cent of men against 35 per cent of women; 80 per cent of epileptics worked a journey and have fixed time and 24 patients, so 43,60 per cent in supplementary hours witch 8 patients (33,33 per cent) have presented an unbalanced of disease. A patient have been victim of work accident (1,8 per cent), 5 cases of cancel responsibility (9,1 per cent have pronounced and 10,9 per cent of patients have changed their job; 17 patients have profit of work stop in year (30,9 per cent). A case of invalidity have pronounced (1,8 per cent). A professional promotion has given at 5 patients (9,10 per cent). The employer was informed of the disease for 58,20 per cent of patient. Two employees have changed attitude after a new attack on their work place.


CONCLUSIONS
the capacity of work of epileptics stay near of a noun epileptic worker for use and functions authorized.
Service de médecine du travail et pathologie professionnelle, 21 BP 632 Abidjan 22.
Kouamé B Y
KB
Yéboué
A F
AF
Tchicaya
S B
SB
Wognin
Y M
YM
Kouassi
T M
TM
Maffo
J S
JS
Bonny
D015331:Cohort Studies; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D004651:Employment; D004827:Epilepsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector