Article, Ajoutée
le 19/02/2017 10:16
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The population of Benin is, like those of most developing countries, aging; dementia is therefore a major concern. Our goal was to estimate the prevalence of dementia in an elderly population living in urban Benin.
METHODS: In a cro [...]
PARAÏSO NOEL MOUSSILIOU [1],
GUERCHET MAËLENN [2],
SAIZONOU JACQUES Z. [3],
COWPPLI-BONY PASCALE [4],
MOUANGA ALAIN M. [5],
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [6],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [7],
HOUINATO DISMAND [8],
Article, Ajoutée
le 19/02/2017 10:31
Given the gradual improvement of living conditions and aging, dementia and related syndromes are becoming serious problems in the developing countries. A cross-sectional door to door type study in neighbourhood, was conducted from October 2008 to Jan [...]
MBELESSO P. [1],
TABO ANDRÉ [2],
GUERCHET MAËLENN [3],
MOUANGA ALAIN M. [4],
BANDZOUZI BÉBÈNE [5],
HOUINATO DISMAND [6],
PARAISO M. N. [7],
COWPPLI-BONY PASCALE [8],
ABOYANS VICTOR [9],
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [10],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [11],
DARTIGUES JEAN-FRANÇOIS [12],
Article, Ajoutée
le 19/02/2017 10:45
BACKGROUND: Data on dementia from low- and middle-income countries are still necessary to quantify the burden of this condition. This multicenter cross-sectional study aimed at estimating the prevalence of dementia in 2 large cities of Central Africa [...]
GUERCHET MAËLENN [1],
M'BELESSO PASCAL [2],
MOUANGA ALAIN M. [3],
BANDZOUZI BÉBÈNE [4],
TABO ANDRÉ [5],
HOUINATO DISMAND [6],
PARAÏSO NOEL MOUSSILIOU [7],
COWPPLI-BONY PASCALE [8],
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [9],
ABOYANS VICTOR [10],
CLÉMENT JEAN-PIERRE [11],
DARTIGUES JEAN-FRANÇOIS [12],
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/02/2017 11:49
Purpose: Stigma is a major burden of epilepsy. In sub-Saharan Africa the few studies that addressed epilepsy stigma emphasize enacted, rather than perceived, stigma. This inattention may compromise clinical management and delay help seeking, thereby [...]
RAFAEL FLORENTINA [1],
HOUINATO DISMAND [2],
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [3],
DUBREUIL CATHERINE-MARIE [4],
TRAN DUC SI [5],
ODERMATT PETER [6],
CLÉMENT JEAN-PIERRE [7],
WEISS MITCHELL G. [8],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [9],
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/02/2017 11:50
Background: Our aim was to validate the use of historical events as tools for estimating the age of people ≧65 years in Cotonou (Benin). Methods: The survey was conducted in Cotonou, the [...]
PARAÏSO NOEL MOUSSILIOU [1],
HOUINATO DISMAND [2],
GUERCHET M. [3],
AGUEH VICTOIRE DAMIENNE AGOSSI [4],
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [5],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [6],
MARIN B. [7],
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/02/2017 11:53
[...]
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [1],
GBARY R. AKPA [2],
OUENDO EDGARD-MARIUS DONA [3],
KOUNOUHEHOUA NASSER [4],
SEGNON JUDITH [5],
LAQUEILLE XAVIER [6],
HOUINATO DISMAND [7],
Article, Ajoutée
le 23/02/2017 12:32
Risk factors for dementia in American and European countries have been well investigated. However, little research has been carried out in sub-Saharan Africa, where life events as well as environmental, socio-economic, and modifiable risk factors (i. [...]
GUERCHET M. [1],
MOUANGA ALAIN M. [2],
M'BELESSO PASCAL [3],
TABO ANDRÉ [4],
BANDZOUZI BÉBÈNE [5],
PARAÏSO NOEL MOUSSILIOU [6],
HOUINATO DISMAND [7],
COWPPLI-BONY PASCALE [8],
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [9],
ABOYANS VICTOR [10],
CLÉMENT JEAN-PIERRE [12],
DARTIGUES JEAN-FRANÇOIS [12],
Article, Ajoutée
le 02/03/2017 16:55
Sociocultural attitudes continue to have a negative impact on management of epilepsy in many African countries and in a few advanced countries. The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward epilepsy in France and two African nations: Togo [...]
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [1],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [2],
CLEMENT J. P. [3],
HOUINATO DISMAND [4],
TUILLAS M. [5],
AUBRETON C. HUBERT [6],
RADJI A. [7],
GRUNITZKY E. K. [8],
AVODE DOSSOU GILBERT [9],
TAPIE P. [10],
Article, Ajoutée
le 02/03/2017 17:01
PURPOSE: This study in Togo and Benin, West Africa, was aimed at measuring depression and anxiety among people with epilepsy (PWE).
METHODS: This cross-sectional study of 281 adult PWE in Togo and 215 in Benin matched with the same number of control [...]
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [1],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [2],
HOUINATO DISMAND [3],
RADJI A. [4],
GRUNITZKY E. K. [5],
AVODÉ G. [6],
CLÉMENT JEAN-PIERRE [7],
Article, Ajoutée
le 02/03/2017 17:02
In order to assess prevalence of depression and anxiety among epileptic patients and to compare it to a control population, a matched case-control survey was performed in 196 persons above 18 Year old (98 epileptics and 98 controls matched according [...]
NUBUKPO PHILIPPE [1],
HOUINATO DISMAND [2],
PREUX PIERRE-MARIE [3],
AVODÉ G. [4],
CLÉMENT JEAN-PIERRE [5],