M. Agbetou

• MD
• Senior Lecturer at University of Parakou

Background Continuing the series of population-based studies conducted within the Global Campaign against Headache, here we report estimates of headache-attributed burden among adults in Benin, West sub-Saharan Africa, adding to those already published of prevalence. Methods In a cross-sectional survey using cluster-randomized sampling, we visited...

Background: The Participation Measurement Scale (PM-Scale) is an International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-based and Rasch built scale developed specifically to assess participation in people with stroke. Objective: To estimate the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the PM-Scale. Methods: We performed a sec...

Background A global schools-based programme within the Global Campaign against Headache is estimating the burden of headache in children (6–11 years) and adolescents (12–17 years), cluster-sampling the world by conducting national studies in all world regions. Its purpose is to complement population-based studies in adults, adding to knowledge of t...

Introduction: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of pediatric motor disability. While epidemiological data are widespread in high-income countries, corresponding data in low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are still rare. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of CP in Northern Benin, a French-speaking low-income country in S...

Background The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study is increasingly well informed with regard to headache disorders, but sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains one of the large regions of the world with limited data directly derived from population-based studies. The Global Campaign against Headache has conducted three studies in this region: Ethiopia in...

Purpose: First healthcare actors in neurological diseases management, General Practitioners (GPs) still limited in the assessment of Peripheral Neuropathies (PN). This study assesses the knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) of GPs on PN in Benin in 2021 and identifying associated factors to low KAP. Materials and methods: It was a cross-section...

Background and Aims: Currently, ABILHAND is among the most widely used tools for the upper limb assessment in stroke population. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the self-report procedure of the ABILHAND-Stroke questionnaire in comparison with the performance- based clinician reported procedure in patients with chronic stroke. Method...

Background: Currently, little is known on the relationships between cardiorespiratory fitness (CF), physical activity (PA), and functional outcomes after stroke, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Objectives: We examine the relationships between CF, PA, and functional outcomes in one-year poststroke in Benin, a lower middle-income c...

Epilepsy is a major public health problem in developing countries where eighty percent (80%) of people with epilepsy (PWE) live. Stigma has psychological consequences as well as serious repercussions on patients’ quality of life. This study assesses the perception of health professionals in Africa regarding the stigmatization of PWE. Methodology :...

Résumé Introduction Les neuropathies périphériques chez les hémodialysés sont fréquentes. Objectif Étudier les neuropathies périphériques au sein de la population des patients hémodialysés chroniques au Bénin. Méthodes Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale descriptive et analytique, conduite du 1er avril au 31 juillet 2017 dans les unités d’hém...

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a heavy burden of stroke due to the growth of its risk factors. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of stroke risk factors and identify the factors associated with metabolic risk factors in the district of Titirou, in Parakou (northern Benin) in 2016. A cross-sectional study was conducted. It included people aged at least 1...

Objective to determine the frequency and factors associated with cognitive impairment after a stroke in Parakou. Methods this was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study with an exhaustive census of all patients aged at least 50 years, who had a stroke and were followed in the neurology department of the CHUDB of Parakou from 2012 to 20...

Migraine is a disabling disease that inflicts a heavy burden on individuals who suffer from it. Significant advances are being made in understanding the pathophysiology and treatment of the disease. The role of lifestyle modifications has become increasingly predominant. We reviewed the current and available data on the role of a healthy lifestyle...

Background: Balance impairment is the predominant risk factor for falls in stroke survivors. A fear of falling after stroke can contribute to sedentary lifestyles, increased disability and risk of recurrence, leading to poor quality of life. Objective: To determine the frequency and factors associated with balance impairments amongst stroke surviv...

Background: Balance impairment is the predominant risk factor for falls in stroke survivors. A fear of falling after stroke can contribute to sedentary lifestyles, increased disability and risk of recurrence, leading to poor quality of life. Objective: To determine the frequency and factors associated with balance impairments amongst stroke survivo...

Objective: To assess the availability of health workers and medications for clinical management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in African hospital centers. Availability and affordability analyses of disease-modifying treatments were performed. Methods: A multicenter observational study involving African hospitals was conducted. A standard q...

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa faces a high burden of stroke due to growing of their risk factors. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of stroke risk factors and to identify associated factors in the district of Titirou in Parakou (northern Benin), in 2016. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study. It included adults living in Titirou and having giv...

Résumé Nous rapportons l’évolution électro-clinique d’une angioma- tose de Sturge Weber Krabbe chez une vingtenaire souffrant d’épilepsie dont les crises sont bien équilibrées sous monothé- rapie à faible dose. Mots-clés: Angiome, Dakar ,Epilepsie, Sturge Weber Krabbe Abstract We report the electro-clinical evolution of a Sturge Weber Krabbe angiom...

La grossesse et le post-partum restent une période à risque vasculaire et les modifications physiologiques augmentent le risque de survenue d’accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC). Les données cliniques sont limitées en raison d’absence d’études prospectives et de l’exclusion des femmes enceintes ou en post-partum des essais cliniques. En Afrique les...

Objective Epilepsy is an important public health problem representing 0.6% of the global burden of disease that particularly impacts people living in the lowest income countries where epilepsy incidence may be 10 fold more than in the developed world. The battery of treatments designed to counteract the clinical manifestations of this disease are v...

To study relationship between migraine and epilepsy in adolescents and adults in northern Benin in 2018, a cross-sectional study with control group was conducted at Parakou in Benin. Cases were people with epilepsy (PWE) according to ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy) definition and followed at the Neurology Department of the Teaching Hos...

Introduction: coronary artery disease seem common in stroke patients. We aimed to determine the prevalence of coronary artery disease in stroke survivors followed at the Borgou-Alibori Departmental University Hospital (CHUD/B-A). Methods: this was a cross-sectional study, conducted from March 1 to August 31, 2019. It included all stroke patients...

Background: The burden of stroke is high in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but few data are available on its long-term mortality. Objective: To estimate over one-month stroke case-fatality in sub-Saharan Africa Methods: Systematic review and meta-analysis was performed according to Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology and Preferred Rep...

Introduction: We aimed to determine knowledge of stroke risk factors and signs in an urban population of northern Benin. Methods: A door-to-door purposeful sampling survey was conducted in resident population (age ≥15 years) of the district of Titirou in the city of Parakou (N = 255,478) in Benin between March 15 and July 15, 2016. In-person int...

Objective To study the link between malaria and epilepsy in children in Parakou district. Methods This case-control study included children 1-15 years of age with epilepsy. Each case of epilepsy was matched to 2 controls for age, sex and neighborhood of residence. The exposure variables were a history of malaria (number and type), family history o...

Introduction L’AOMI est associée à un risque de récidive d’AVC Objectifs Etudier la prévalence de l’artériopathie oblitérante des membres inférieurs chez les patients ayant fait un AVC dans l’Unité de neurologie de l’Hôpital Universitaire de Parakou en 2019. Patients et méthodes Il s’agissait d’une étude transversale qui s’est déroulée dans l’unité...

Le fardeau des accidents vasculaires cérébraux (AVC) est assez lourd pour les pays en développement et plus particulièrement en Afrique subsaharienne. La mortalité des AVC est assez élevée dans cette région et pouvait s’expliquer par le système de santé, des facteurs culturels et même des spécificités des AVC dans cette population. Les données sur...

Introduction Les neuropathies périphériques (NP) constituent un groupe d’affections neurologiques liées à une atteinte du système nerveux périphérique. Malgré leur grande diversité, la plupart des études sont basées sur un type particulier de NP, en milieu hospitalier ou sur un terrain spécifique (VIH, diabète…). Peu d’études ont exploré l’épidémio...

Introduction: The number of people living with dementia is growing worldwide and most rapidly in low- and middle-income countries. Little is known about dementia in Benin. We estimated the prevalence of dementia among retired people in Parakou, a northern city in Benin, and then assessed associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was p...

Introduction Stroke is one of the most common causes of high mortality rates in Africa with many unknown aspects around its prognosis. In this study we aim to describe stroke characteristics and in-hospital mortality of stroke in Parakou. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study including all stroke patients admitted to the Department of Neuro...

Objective The main purpose of this article is to define prognosis of pregnancies in epileptic women in Benin. Methods This was a case–control study that included 54 epileptic women who had at least one pregnancy matched to 162 controls on age, pregnancy term, and monitoring center. Information about epilepsy, treatment, pregnancy, and childbirth we...

Background Neurological disorders are some of the most disabling diseases. Epidemiological data on their incidence in Benin are scarce. Objective The prevalence of major neurological diseases among people older than 15 years was investigated in Titirou. Methods It was a cross-sectional study and door-to-door survey which took place from June 10 t...

Introduction Stroke is a major public health problem with a high burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to determine the prevalence of stroke in Titirou in Parakou. Methods It was a cross-sectional study using a door-to-door survey in Titirou (Parakou) from 15 march to 15 October 2016 and included 4671 adults. We did a two stages survey. In the fi...

Background: The burden of stroke is high in Africa, but few data are available on the long-term outcome of strokes in this area. Aim: We aimed to study the long-term outcome of stroke survivors in Parakou from 2012 to 2018. Methods of study: It was a cohort study and included 247 stroke patients admitted to the University Hospital of Parakou f...

Objective The aim of this work was to study migraine exposure in epileptics and non-epileptics in Parakou in 2018. Framework and methods This study was conducted in Parakou in Northen Benin.It was a case - control study of adolescents and adults of both sexes in Parakou. Each cases that were epileptic subjects were matched to three non-epileptic c...

Introduction Les troubles cognitifs sont relativement fréquents chez les hémodialysés chroniques. L’objectif était d’étudier la fréquence et les facteurs aux troubles cognitifs chez les hémodialysés chroniques du centre national hospitalier universitaire (CNHU-HKM) de Cotonou au Bénin en 2018. Méthodes Il s’agit d’une étude transversale descriptiv...

Résumé Objectif Décrire le profil clinique et les facteurs associés à la paralysie cérébrale à Parakou. Méthodes Il s’est agi d’une étude observationnelle de type cas-témoins ayant porté sur 136 enfants (dont 34 paralysies cérébrales) des deux sexes âgés de deux à quinze ans révolus, du 1er janvier au 31 juillet 2012. Les cas étaient constitués d...

Depression is a frequent psychiatric complication after a stroke. In a Sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of the studies are about their prevalence, but the incidence of post-stroke depression was rarely estimated. We aimed to estimate this incidence in Parakou, Benin. We had conducted a dynamic cohort study with 203 stroke patients in the department...

Introduction: Cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) are one of the main acquired causes of epilepsy in adults, but little data are available on the incidence of epilepsy after a stroke in Africa. This study aims to estimate the impact of epilepsy in stroke patients in Parakou. Methods: We conducted a dynamic cohort study including 203 stroke patie...

Description Introduction: La migraine est une maladie neurologique fréquente en population, source de handicap et classée 13ème des affections les plus handicapantes par l’OMS. L’objectif de cette étude était d’étudier la prévalence de la migraine à Titirou en 2017. Méthodes: Il s’ est agi d’une étude transversale de type porte-à-porte menée sur 20...

We report the case of a 30-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive HIV patient who was poorly followed. She was admitted on November 30, 2017, for the management of febrile encephalitis syndrome with motor deficit of the left hemicorps and generalized seizures. In biology, we found a nonspecific inflammatory syndrome. The cerebral imag...

Objective We describe and compare the sociodemographic and clinical features, treatments, and prognoses and survival times of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Africa. Methodology We conducted a multicentre, hospital-based cohort study in Africa. Patients with ALS diagnosed in the neurology departments of participating hospitals...

Introduction Les troubles du sommeil (TDS) chez les patients en hémodialyse chronique sont fréquents. Le but de ce travail est d’étudier la prévalence et les facteurs associés aux troubles du sommeil chez les patients hémodialysés chroniques du centre national hospitalier et universitaire Hubert Koutoukou Maga (CNHU-HKM) de Cotonou (Bénin) en 2017....

Background: The burden of stroke is very high in sub-Saharan Africa. The identification of the factors influencing poor outcome can help to reduce this burden. Objective: To study factors influencing the prognosis of stroke at Parakou. Methods: It was a prospective study conducted over two periods: inclusion period between 1st January and 30 June 2...

Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) is a serious condition because of the relatively high mortality and the considerable disability that it causes. To date, very few studies have investigated the participation in social life among older adults having had a stroke. This study was conducted in Parakou, Benin, in 2017. It was a case-control study which...

Introduction L’épilepsie engendre un handicap de degré très variable selon l’individu et selon son type, avec des répercussions socioprofessionnelles souvent inégales. Objectifs Étudier l’insertion socioprofessionnelle des personnes souffrant d’épilepsie (PSE) et suivies à Parakou depuis 2010. Méthodes Étude transversale descriptive portant sur 1...

Résumé Peu de données sont disponibles sur la participation à la vie sociale chez les personnes âgées victimes d’accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC). Ce travail a été réalisé dans la ville de Parakou au Bénin en 2017. Il s’est agi d’une étude cas-témoins ayant inclus 33 sujets âgés ayant fait un AVC et 66 témoins appariés sur l’âge, le sexe et le mi...

Les accidents vasculaires cerebraux constituent un probleme majeur de sante publique. Objectif Etudier la charge reelle des AVC au Benin. Methodes Les auteurs ont realise une revue des donnees publiees sur les AVC au Benin et ont degage les donnees epidemiologiques, cliniques et economiques contribuant a exprimer la charge des AVC au Benin. Toutes...

Introduction L’épilepsie est une pathologie fréquente et ses étiologies sont variées. La fréquence de l’épilepsie vasculaire (EV) est toutefois assez faible. Très peu d’études s’y sont intéressées en Afrique sub-saharienne. Objectifs Étudier les caractéristiques cliniques et électriques de l’épilepsie vasculaire en milieu hospitalier à Cotonou. M...

Tel : +22995059677 RESUME La maladie de Fahr est caractérisée par la présence de calcifications intracérébrales localisées aux noyaux gris centraux et sans trouble du métabolisme phospho-calcique. Les auteurs rapportent le cas d'une patiente de 77 ans qui présente des troubles neuropsycholo-giques, un syndrome démentiel et un syndrome choréo-athéto...

Introduction During HIV infection, the central nervous system is frequently affected. However, the occurrence of stroke during the natural course of HIV is poorly documented. Objectives To determine the prevalence rate of HIV among stroke patients and to compare the clinical characteristics of stroke in people with HIV and those HIV free. Method A...

Rev.CAMES-SérieeA, SciencessettMédecine Rev.CAMES-SérieeA,13(1):59-62,,juinn2012 Articleeoriginal C A M E S RESUME ABSTRACT Introduction Objective Methods Results Conclusion : One of the potentially modifiable factors associated with an unfavorable evolution of the stroke in the acute phase, is hyperglycemia even in the absence of known diabetes. I...