Table 2.
Patients categorized by neurological pathology in the teleneurology program at the Hospital las Higueras of Talcahuano.
| Female | % | Male | % | Total | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headache | 694 | 23.9% | 161 | 5.5% | 855 | 29.4% |
| Chronic migraine | 266 | 9.2% | 43 | 1.5% | 309 | 10.6% |
| Migraine | 216 | 7.4% | 37 | 1.3% | 253 | 8.7% |
| Tension-type headache | 101 | 3.5% | 45 | 1.5% | 146 | 5.0% |
| Chronic tension-type headache | 100 | 3.4% | 31 | 1.1% | 131 | 4.5% |
| Other headaches | 11 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.2% | 16 | 0.6% |
| Alzheimer's disease and other dementias | 272 | 9.4% | 189 | 6.5% | 461 | 15.9% |
| Alzheimer's disease | 154 | 5.3% | 73 | 2.5% | 227 | 7.8% |
| Dementia syndrome (first evaluation) | 32 | 1.1% | 47 | 1.6% | 79 | 2.7% |
| Mild cognitive impairment | 40 | 1.4% | 32 | 1.1% | 72 | 2.5% |
| Vascular and Alzheimer's dementia | 13 | 0.4% | 17 | 0.6% | 30 | 1.0% |
| Other dementias | 17 | 0.6% | 12 | 0.4% | 29 | 1.0% |
| Vascular dementia | 13 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.0% | 14 | 0.5% |
| Lewy body dementia | 3 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.2% |
| Traumatic brain injury dementia | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.1% |
| Epilepsy | 157 | 5.4% | 174 | 6.0% | 331 | 11.4% |
| Other neurological disorders | 151 | 5.2% | 114 | 3.9% | 265 | 9.1% |
| Others | 35 | 1.2% | 27 | 0.9% | 62 | 2.1% |
| Brain and other central nervous system cancer | 29 | 1.0% | 18 | 0.6% | 47 | 1.6% |
| Vertigo | 28 | 1.0% | 12 | 0.4% | 40 | 1.4% |
| Motor mononeuropathy (ocular and facial) | 16 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.3% | 25 | 0.9% |
| Intellectual disability | 6 | 0.2% | 17 | 0.6% | 23 | 0.8% |
| Hemifacial spasm, tics, and dystonia | 12 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.2% | 18 | 0.6% |
| Ataxias | 5 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.2% | 12 | 0.4% |
| Sleep disorders | 5 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.2% | 12 | 0.4% |
| Motor neuron disease | 2 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.3% | 10 | 0.3% |
| Dystrophies and myotonias | 7 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.0% | 8 | 0.3% |
| Myasthenia gravis | 6 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 8 | 0.3% |
| Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism | 120 | 4.1% | 122 | 4.2% | 242 | 8.3% |
| Parkinson's disease | 85 | 2.9% | 92 | 3.2% | 177 | 6.1% |
| Parkinsonian syndrome (first evaluation) | 32 | 1.1% | 23 | 0.8% | 55 | 1.9% |
| Atypical parkinsonian disorders | 3 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.2% | 10 | 0.3% |
| Neuropathies and neuropathic pain | 156 | 5.4% | 54 | 1.9% | 210 | 7.2% |
| Polyneuropathy | 50 | 1.7% | 27 | 0.9% | 77 | 2.7% |
| Radiculopathy | 29 | 1.0% | 13 | 0.4% | 42 | 1.4% |
| Others | 22 | 0.8% | 3 | 0.1% | 25 | 0.9% |
| Trigeminal neuralgia | 22 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.0% | 23 | 0.8% |
| Postherpetic neuralgia | 10 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.2% | 17 | 0.6% |
| Other non-neurological disorders | 138 | 4.8% | 61 | 2.1% | 199 | 6.9% |
| Others | 67 | 2.3% | 26 | 0.9% | 93 | 3.2% |
| Syncope | 24 | 0.8% | 15 | 0.5% | 39 | 1.3% |
| Other psychiatric disorders | 20 | 0.7% | 14 | 0.5% | 34 | 1.2% |
| Depression | 20 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.2% | 26 | 0.9% |
| Fibromyalgia | 7 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 0.2% |
| Essential tremor | 98 | 3.4% | 58 | 2.0% | 156 | 5.4% |
| Stroke | 72 | 2.5% | 58 | 2.0% | 130 | 4.5% |
| Ischemic | 49 | 1.7% | 44 | 1.5% | 93 | 3.2% |
| Hemorrhagic | 16 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.2% | 23 | 0.8% |
| Transient ischemic attack | 7 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.2% | 13 | 0.4% |
| Others | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.0% |
| Traumatic brain injury | 18 | 0.6% | 18 | 0.6% | 36 | 1.2% |
| Spinal cord injury | 8 | 0.3% | 11 | 0.4% | 19 | 0.7% |