Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study population (n = 10,786)
n (%) | |
|---|---|
Age, in years | 40.6 ± 15.0 |
Gender | |
Male | 4682 (43.4) |
Female | 6104 (56.6) |
Residence | |
Rural | 7828 (72.6) |
Urban | 2958 (27.4) |
Status (n = 10,776) | |
New | 6164 (57.2) |
Follow-up | 4612 (42.8) |
Referral (n = 10,783) | |
Self | 2340 (21.7) |
Physician | 6166 (57.2) |
Family/friends | 2277 (21.1) |
Vascular diseases (n = 1440) | |
Stroke | 1431/1440 (99.3%) |
Ischaemic Stroke Acute/old | 1141 (79.7) |
Transient Ischaemic attack | 37 (2.5) |
Haemorrhagic stroke (parenchymal bleed) | 253 (17.6) |
Cerebellar Ataxias and Herediatory spactic paraplegias (n = 42) | |
Motor Neuron diseases | 28 (66.6) |
Cerebellar ataxia | 4 (9.5) |
Cerebellar Degeneration | 9 (21.4) |
Headache Disorders (n = 3613) | |
Migraine | 957 (26.6) |
Tension type headache | 2631 (73) |
Occipital Headache | 14 (0.4) |
Sleep disorders (n = 36) | |
Narcolepsy | 4 (11.1) |
Obstructive sleep apnoea | 5 (13.8) |
Restless leg syndrome | 27 (75.0) |
Acquire Metabolic and Toxic Disorders (n = 8) | |
CNS Infections (n = 303) | |
Bactrial meningitis | 156 (51.4) |
Tuberculous meningitis / Tuberculoma | 47 (15.5) |
Brain abscess | 11 (3.6) |
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus/shingles | 9 (2.9) |
Tuberculoma | 62 (20.4) |
CNS Neoplasms (n = 35) | |
Meningioma | 10 (28.5) |
Glioma | 7 (0.2) |
Astocytoma grade I-IV (GBM) | 4 (11.4) |
Pituitary adenoma/ Craniopharyngioma | 5 (14.2) |
Metastatic brain tumor | 8 (22.8) |
Nerve and root lesions (n = 2928) | |
Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) | 35 (1.1) |
CIDP | 57 (1.9) |
Diabetic polyneuropathy | 263 (8.9) |
Cervical radiculopathy | 761 (25.9) |
Lumber radiculopathy | 1589 (54.2) |
Myopathies/Muscle Disorders (n = 424) | |
Polymyositis | 30 (7.0) |
Myasthenia gravis | 15 (3.5) |
Fibromyalgia | 12 (2.8) |
Musculoskeltal pain | 315 (74.2) |
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis | 12 (2.8) |
Dementias (n = 194) | |
Alzheimer’s diseases | 116 (59.7) |
Vascular dementia | 60 (30.9) |
Psychiatric Disorders (n = 340) | |
Depression | 171 (50.3) |
Bipolar disorder | 94 (27.6) |
Anxiety neurosis | 10 (2.9) |
Obsessive compulsive disorders | 15 (4.4) |
Conversion disorders | 32 (9.4) |
Demyellinating Diseases (n = 59) | |
Multiple sclerosis | 29 (49.1) |
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | 8 (13.5) |
Cerebellar Ataxias & Hereditary spastic paraplegias | 6 (10.1) |
Motor neurone diseases | 9 (15.2) |
Movement Disorders (n = 231) | |
Parkinson’s diseases | 154 (66.6) |
Chorea | 16 (6.9) |
Tics | 10 (4.3) |
Dystonias | 14 (6.0) |
Cerebral palsy (CP) | 13 (5.6) |
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) | 19 (8.2) |
Epilepsies (n = 566) | |
Focal Epilepsy | 29 (5.1) |
Generalized Epilepsy | 529 (93.4) |
Spinal Disorders (n = 156) | |
Myelopathy (Spinal cord diseases) | 124 (79.4) |
Syringomyelia | 14 (8.9) |