DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i02.053

Pages: 656-663

The comparative cross sectional study was conducted to compare the level of intelligence quotient among epileptic and non-epileptic children. The study was conducted in the Department of Child Development and Neurology of Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from January 2010 to June 2010. The sample size was 110 children; among them 55 were epileptic and 55 were non-epileptic. A semi-structured questionnaire and a checklist were used to collect data through face to face interview and reviewing medical documents using convenient type of non-probable sampling technique. Intelligence quotient of the children was assessed by using Wechsler Intelligence Scale (WISC-R). Mean age of the epileptic children was 7.92 (±2.18) years while mean age of non-epileptic children was 7.95 (±2.17) years. Majority (61.8%) of the epileptic children was male and 38.2% was female, while among the non-epileptic children majority (58.2%) was female and 41.8% was male and the differences by sex was statistically significant [χ2(1)=4.4, P<0.05]. Among the epileptic children 47.3% lived in urban area while 76.4% non-epileptic lived in urban and this variation was statistically significant [χ2 =11.31, P<0.01]. By education 45.5% of epileptic children were educated up to class 1–5 while most 80.0% of non-epileptic children were educated upto class 1–5 and this variation of education was statistically significant [χ2(4)=28.52, P<0.01]. According to family income Maximum (87.3%) of the epileptic children had monthly family income below Tk. 10,000 while 34.5% of the non-epileptic children had monthly family income Tk. >10,001 which was significantly associated with epilepsy [χ2(3)=3.79, P<0.01]. By place of delivery 45.5% epileptic children was delivered at home while maximum 52.7% non-epileptic children was delivered at private clinic and this variation was statistically significant [χ2(3)=26.43, P<0.01]. Majority (67.3%) of the epileptic children delivered normally .......