Attitudes toward epilepsy among the primary and secondary school teachers in Malaysia, using the Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale

An educational campaign toward epilepsy among Italian primary school teachers

“…One is that we may overestimate our findings as in the other survey [22] there were both elementary and secondary school teachers, and the latter have been observed to perform worse in terms of knowledge (accurate estimate of the age at onset of epilepsy) and stigma (belief that epilepsy is a source of mental disturbances). Our findings have been confirmed by others [11]. The second is the impact of the numerous initiatives enacted in the last few years by LICE, the Italian chapter, to improve the knowledge of the disease, abate the negative attitudes, and ultimately reduce stigma.…”

“…School teachers with correct knowledge of and appropriate attitudes toward epilepsy could put the social reflections of epilepsy in a correct perspective, thus contributing to the reduction of stigma. Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy have been investigated in several countries and have been found to be mostly inadequate [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Time spent in teaching and experience with students with epilepsy predict better knowledge of the disease [7,10,16].…”

Employability in people with epilepsy: A systematic review

“…Gender (Bishop, 2004;Gopinath et al, 2011;Jacoby, 1995;Komolafe et al, 2012;Lim et al, 2013a;Lim et al, 2013b;Sillanpaa and Schmidt, 2010;Varma et al, 2007) Gender (Al-Saad et al, 2001;Bautista and Wludyka, 2007;Chaplin, 1992;Elwes et al, 1991;George et al, 2009;Haag et al, 2010;Majkowska-Zwolinska et al, 2012) Seizure control (Al-Saad et al, 2001;Baker et al, 1997;Benifla et al, 2008;Callaghan et al, 1992;Chin et al, 2007;De Boer, 2005;Elwes et al, 1991;Geerts et al, 2011;Herodes et al, 2001;Holland et al, 2009;Jacoby et al, 2005;Koponen et al, 2007;Lazow et al, 2012;Lee, 2005;Lim et al, 2013c;Maganti et al, 2003;Majkowska-Zwolinska et al, 2012;Rätsepp et al, 2000;Scambler and Hopkins, 1980;Schwartz et al, 1968) (Reeves et al, 1997;Sillanpaa et al, 2004;…”

Teachers and epilepsy: What they know, do not know, and need to know: A cross-sectional study of Taif City

“…[ 14 ] Recent studies have found that there is knowledge and awareness of epilepsy in Western countries such as the United States[ 15 ] and Italy[ 16 ]; meanwhile, more negative attitudes prevail in Asian countries such as India[ 10 ] and Malaysia. [ 17 ]…”