A new view on the sociosanitary characteristics of pregnant women with epilepsy
Objective : to assess the sociosanitary characteristics of pregnant women with epilepsy at the present stage of public health development, by using the Krasnoyarsk Territory as an example. Patients and methods. Delivery records were retrospectively analyzed in 99 women with different forms of epilepsy who had delivered at Krasnoyarsk Maternity Hospital Five specializing in care for women with CNS disease and in 100 non-epileptic women (in the period 2005–2012).  Results . A present-day pregnant epileptic woman is an urban resident aged 25.57 ± 4.64 years who has secondary or secondary vocational education, is married, unemployed, a smoker, and has Disability Group II or III due to the underlying disease. Conclusion . At the present stage of health care development, the portrait of an epileptic woman has changed due to the democratization of society, the reduced stigmatization of the disease, and the emergence of new antiepileptic drugs with low teratogenic effects.