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Hindi Magnitude and Associated Factors of Epilepsy among HIV Seropositive Children in Public Health Facilities of Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia: Institutional based Cross-Sectional Study Design
*Corresponding Author:Received Date: Dec 18, 2023 / Published Date: Jan 16, 2025
Citation: Kidanemariam G, Gebrekidan H (2025) Magnitude and Associated Factors of Epilepsy among HIV Seropositive Children in Public Health Facilities of Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia: Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study Design. J Preg Child Health 11: 676.
Copyright: © 2025 Kidanemariam G, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background: Epilepsy is a common, non-specific manifestations of neurological illnesses associated with HIV infection. With regular HIV care and management the prevalence of epilepsy could be reduced to 2%-4%, otherwise it increased to 20%. Epilepsy is associated with infections of the brain and with neurological deficits due to direct effects of the neurotropic virus and other HIV complications. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of epilepsy among HIV seropositive children in public health facilities of Mekelle city. h i l d l t Method: A facility based cross sectional study was carried out in public health facilities of Mekelle city, Tigray, North Ethiopia. Two hundred twenty two HIV infected children were recruited using systematic random sampling. Logistic regression was conducted to identify the associated factors of epilepsy. Variables with P-value
