Prevalence of Epilepsy in Heavy Vehicle Drivers

ÖZDEMİR L., SEĞMEN H., BOLAYIR E., Cetin I., Aslan S., Cetinkaya S.

NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND BRAIN RESEARCH, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.123-126, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND BRAIN RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-126
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This cross-sectional type study was conducted between November 2004 and September 2006. In a total of 200 male persons were randomly selected from the heavy vehicle driver population (p=0.08,q=0.92,N=1200, alpha=0.01, d=0.045). In a total of 200 male non-driver persons of the same ages were used as a control g roup. 90 % were reached for the sample. A total of 181 heavy vehicle drivers were included in the study (75 bus and 106 truck drivers).