Bài viết trình bày đánh giá tuân thủ điều trị và tái khám theo hẹn của trẻ động kinh tại Bệnh viện Nhi Trung ương năm 2019. Đối tượng: Thực hiện 01 nghiên cứu cắt ngang trên bệnh nhi và người chăm sóc chính đến khám và điều trị tại Khoa thần kinh, Bệnh viện Nhi Trung ương từ tháng 01/2019 đến tháng 12/2019. | Journal of Pediatric Research and Practice Vol. 4 No. 5 2020 49-54 Research Paper Current Situation of Treatment and Follow-up Re-examination of Children with Epilepsy at Vietnam National Children s Hospital Tran Thi Huyen1 Cao Vu Hung2 Tran Van Hoc2 Nguyen Danh Ngon2 1 Thai Bình Children s Hospital No 2 Ton That Tung Tran Lam Thai Binh City Thai Binh Vietnam 2 Vietnam National Children s Hospital 18 879 La Thanh Dong Da Hanoi Vietnam Received 17 August 2020 Revised 24 August 2020 Accepted 03 September 2020 Abstract Purpose To assess treatment compliance and follow-up appointment of children with epilepsy at Vietnam National Children s Hospital in 2019. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on pediatric patients and primary caregivers came for examination and treatment at the Neurology Department Vietnam National Children s Hospital from January 2019 to December 2019. Results Mean age was month age . The most common age group was the 2-6 year old group the lower rate was the 6-12 year old group and rest groups was the low rate. The male female ratio is 1. Most of the main caregivers are parents . Average treatment time was months the rate of good adherence to treatment of children had moderated adhering to treatment and had poor adhering to treatment. Within 6 months of children re-examined on time. The reasons for not complying with on-time re-examination were mainly due to the caregiver s busy work or the child was busy at school and the distance from home to hospital . Conclusions The percentage of patients who complied with treatment and re-examination is not high. Factors that were statistically significant for children s non-compliance are health insurance level age of onset duration of treatment and frequency of attacks following treatment. Keywords Treatment compliance re-examination epilepsy children1 ____ Corresponding author. E-mail address tthuyenytb@
