[Epilepsy and employment: a multicentric study of 55 epileptics employed in the public and private sectors in Abidjan]. / Epilepsie et travail: etude multicentrique des conditions de travail de 55 salaries dans les secteurs public et prive a Abidjan.

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED GOAL AND STUDY TYPE to favour access and job conservation for the epileptic's patients, a descriptive and transversal study of word conditions of epileptic's workers have been driven for June to December 2005 at Abidjan. MATERIAL AND METHOD: study population was constituted of 55 epileptics who are regularly followed and diagnose patients during study period. They did a fixed professional activity employee and old than 15 years. Study was divided in two stapes. The first drive a questionnaire directed. She has completed by an exploitation sentence register of work accident, for balances sheet activities of medical service and filing organization of activities. Variables collected concerned socio-demographic data, medico social structures and the prevention. These data have been treated with soft ware Epi-info 6.0 dfr. RESULTS: the sample was constituted of 35 per cent of men against 35 per cent of women; 80 per cent of epileptics worked a journey and have fixed time and 24 patients, so 43,60 per cent in supplementary hours witch 8 patients (33,33 per cent) have presented an unbalanced of disease. A patient have been victim of work accident (1,8 per cent), 5 cases of cancel responsibility (9,1 per cent have pronounced and 10,9 per cent of patients have changed their job; 17 patients have profit of work stop in year (30,9 per cent). A case of invalidity have pronounced (1,8 per cent). A professional promotion has given at 5 patients (9,10 per cent). The employer was informed of the disease for 58,20 per cent of patient. Two employees have changed attitude after a new attack on their work place. CONCLUSION: the capacity of work of epileptics stay near of a noun epileptic worker for use and functions authorized.