The pattern of neurological diseases in elderly people in outpatient consultations in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Tabue-Teguo Maturin³  Dartigues Jean François³  Yepnjio Faustin⁴  Doumbe Jacques²  Tchaleu Benjamin Clet⁵  Kuate-Tegueu Callixte¹ 

[1]Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon

[2]Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon

[3]University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux F-33076, France

[4]Neurology Department, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon

[5]Internal Medicine department, Douala General Hospital, Douala, Cameroon

关键词: Cameroon;    Urban Africa;    Elderly people;    Neurological disorders;    Hospital prevalence;    Epidemiology;   

Others  :  1177878
DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-015-1116-x

 received in 2014-05-13, accepted in 2015-03-31,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Neurological diseases are frequent in older adults, affecting between 5% and 55% of people age 55 and older. They are associated with a high risk for adverse health outcomes, including mortality, disability, institutionalization and hospitalization. Little is known about the epidemiology and clinical pattern of neurological disorders of the elderly in developing countries. Although many studies have demonstrated the areas where the burden of neurological diseases lies, elderly patients in Sub-Saharan Africa have received little attention. We performed this descriptive study to understand the burden of disease faced by Cameroonian neurologists and geriatricians.

Methods

The records of all out-patient neurological consultations from May 2005 to December 2011 were collected at the Clinique Bastos, the sole clinic with adult neurological consultations during the study period in Yaoundé, the political capital of Cameroon. All medical records were reviewed by a neurologist and neurological diagnoses were classified according to ICD-10.

Results

Among a total of 912 patients, 187 (20.5%) were aged 60 and older. According to the ICD-10 classification, episodic and paroxysmal disorders were present in 18.7% of patients, extrapyramidal and movement disorders in 14.6%, and nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders in 13.3%. The most common neurological diseases of the elderly in this study were lumbar arthrosis (14%), dementia (Alzheimer’s type, vascular) (12.4%), Parkinson’s disease (10.2%), and polyneuropathy (9.1%).

Conclusion

Degenerative diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s disease as well as strokes and headaches are frequently encountered neurological diseases in elderly patients in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is important that standard treatment regimes, often Ministry of Public Health based, are adhered to these diseases.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Callixte et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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