An audit of the management of patients with epilepsy in thirty general practices

An audit of the management of epilepsy in 30 general practices is presented. A total of 377 patients from widely dispersed practices in the UK independently completed questionnaires which mirrored similar questionnaires answered by their doctors. A lack of detailed awareness by the doctor of how epi...

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Published in:Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1986-05, Vol.36 (286), p.204-208
Main Authors: Cooper, G L, Huitson, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy - therapy
Family Practice - standards
Female
Humans
Male
Medical Audit
Middle Aged
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United Kingdom
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Summary:An audit of the management of epilepsy in 30 general practices is presented. A total of 377 patients from widely dispersed practices in the UK independently completed questionnaires which mirrored similar questionnaires answered by their doctors. A lack of detailed awareness by the doctor of how epilepsy was affecting the patient was detected. Many patients were found to have difficulty in communicating anxieties and problems associated with the disease to their general practitioner. Use of drug monotherapy and anticonvulsant blood level monitoring was sub-optimal. This multi-centre study supports previous single-centre reports of certain deficiencies in long-term management of epilepsy in general practice.
ISSN:0035-8797