Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • Saudi Medical Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Neurosciences Journal
  • Other Publications
    • Saudi Medical Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Neurosciences Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
Research ArticleOriginal Articles
Open Access

The prevalence of seizures in children with developmental delay

Raidah Albaradie, Hafiz Habibullah, Ali Mir, Alaa K. Alshammari, Modhi S. Alajmi, Fatima A. Alsubaie, Reem R. Alsudairi and Shahid Bashir
Neurosciences Journal April 2021, 26 (2) 186-191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200106
Raidah Albaradie
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Hafiz Habibullah
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ali Mir
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Alaa K. Alshammari
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Modhi S. Alajmi
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Fatima A. Alsubaie
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Reem R. Alsudairi
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Shahid Bashir
From the Department of Pediatric neurology (Albaradie, Habibullah, Mir), Neuroscience Center (Bashir), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, from the College of Medicine (Alshammari, Alajmi, Alsubaie, Alsudairi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
PhD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • Figure 1
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 1

    - Number of the recruited patients per region.

Tables

  • Figures
    • View popup
    Table 1

    - Demographic parameters of study participants.

    ParametersEpilepsy n=112Epilepsy free n=88
    n(%)n(%)
    Age p=0.045
    3 months – 1 year7(6.2)8(9)
    1-2 year16(14.2)12(13.6)
    2-5 year23(20.5)33(37.5)
    5-8 year33(29.4)26(29.5)
    8-12 year33(29.4)9(10.2)
    Sex p=0.22
    Males (n=113)59(52.6)54(61.3)
    Females (n=87)53(47.3)34(38.6)
    • View popup
    Table 2

    - Pregnancy problems and epilepsy in GDD* patients.

    ParametersPregnancy Problems
    YesNoTotalP-value
    Epilepsy1795112p=0.479
    Epilepsy free157388
    Total32168200
    • * Global developmental delay

    • View popup
    Table 3

    - Parental age and epilepsy in GDD patients:

    ParametersEpilepsyEpilepsy free
    Maternal age
    20-30 years4442
    30-40 years4236
    Above 40 years247
    Total11085
    P-valuep=0.144
    Paternal age
    20-30 years56
    30-40 years4048
    Above 40 years4618
    Above 40 years9172
    P-valuep=0.003
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Neurosciences Journal: 26 (2)
Neurosciences Journal
Vol. 26, Issue 2
1 Apr 2021
  • Table of Contents
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Neurosciences Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
The prevalence of seizures in children with developmental delay
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Neurosciences Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Neurosciences Journal web site.
Citation Tools
The prevalence of seizures in children with developmental delay
Raidah Albaradie, Hafiz Habibullah, Ali Mir, Alaa K. Alshammari, Modhi S. Alajmi, Fatima A. Alsubaie, Reem R. Alsudairi, Shahid Bashir
Neurosciences Journal Apr 2021, 26 (2) 186-191; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200106

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
The prevalence of seizures in children with developmental delay
Raidah Albaradie, Hafiz Habibullah, Ali Mir, Alaa K. Alshammari, Modhi S. Alajmi, Fatima A. Alsubaie, Reem R. Alsudairi, Shahid Bashir
Neurosciences Journal Apr 2021, 26 (2) 186-191; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200106
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Methods.
    • Results.
    • Discussion.
    • Statistics.
    • Acknowledgements.
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • ZNF142 mutation causes sex-dependent neurologic disorder
  • Longitudinal Adaptive Behavioral Outcomes in Ogden Syndrome by Seizure Status and Therapeutic Intervention
  • Diagnostic utility of pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit: Retrospective single center study
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Characteristics of the patients who admitted to the emergency department with seizures and the factors affecting the frequency of admission
  • Prescribing practices in the treatment of depression among psychiatrists in Oman
  • Low versus standard dose intravenous alteplase in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in Egyptian patients
Show more ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Similar Articles

Navigate

  • home

More Information

  • Help

Additional journals

  • All Topics

Other Services

  • About

© 2025 Neurosciences Journal Neurosciences is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved. Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3183. Print ISSN 1319-6138.

Powered by HighWire