Awareness and knowledge of epilepsy among students in a Malaysian university

Rahman, Ab Fatah Ab

doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2005.09.005

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“…90.0% of them knew high fever as a cause of seizure in the current study while only 67.3% in the Thailand study [8]. Interestingly, 83.5% of the students thought epilepsy was genetic in origin, similar to a report from a Malaysian study (67%) [19] and the Thailand study (50.0%) [8], although no more than 1-2% of cases are due to genetic disorders [18].…”

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“…While none thought it is caused by any supernatural cause in a similar study from Thailand [8]. A significant proportion of respondents in other studies harbored supernatural associations as predisposing factors [17,18] despite medical evidence showing that epilepsy arises from a transient dysfunction in the brain [19].…”

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“…Similarly, 48.3%, 13.6% and 4.5 % of medical students in the Thailand study responded epileptics should take AEDs for 2 to 5 years, only during an attack and 3 to 6 months, respectively [8]. Although all of the respondents had learned about epilepsy in the preclinical and clinical setting, only 57.0% knew that epilepsy can be cured, but more than the 46.3% reported by the Malaysian study [19] and 28.2% by the Thailand study [8]. Even though our students knew better about the prognosis of epilepsy than the two studies, a significant of our students (43.0%) retain misconceptions.…”

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Assessment of Epilepsy-Related Knowledge among Medical Students in Ethiopia

Belay¹

2017

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Background: The undergraduate medical program needs to include an epilepsy course that is introduced to the third-year medical students and taught in the fourth and fifth years of medical education. The approach to this course has been reinforced in different medical schools with the goal of demystifying neurology in general and epilepsy in particular, thus preparing the general physicians-intraining for better patient management.Objective: Assess epilepsy-related knowledge among medical students in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Material and Method:Two hundred thirty fourth year medical students' knowledge was accessed by a self-administered questionnaire.Results: All fourth year medical students were agreed to participate and compliance was indeed 100% with regard to completing and returning the questionnaire. "Seizure is an abnormal electrical discharge in the brain" was considered by 96.5% of respondents, while 20.0% thought it was a form of abnormal movement. The rank of causes of epilepsy given by respondents was head injury (95.2%), brain tumors (93.9%), and high fever (90.0%). 57.0% of respondents thought epilepsy was curable disease. Most respondents (87.4%) knew that epileptics should not be allowed to drive and 77.4% respond that epileptics should not work with machinery. Most respondents (95.2%) would try to prevent injury during the episode. Conclusion:The findings indicated that lecturers should emphasize on type of seizure, cause, consequences, and prognosis including management.

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Assessment of Epilepsy-Related Knowledge among Medical Students in Ethiopia

Belay¹

2017

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“…Some general inferences however can be drawn.Analysis of these studies revealed regional differences in KAPs which could be attributed to local factors, such as literacy, awareness about epilepsy, and category of study population. [28][29][30][31] Survey conducted on predominantly Malay population in Kelantan, Malaysia, (2000) found that respondents were familiar with epilepsy but many maintained a negative attitude and had poor knowledge on causation and treatment of epilepsy. 28 Another survey (2002) carried out among the university students in University Sains Malaysia indicated favourable level of awareness and knowledge of epilepsy but (70%) of students did not know the cause of epilepsy, 67% believed that it was acquired through inheritance and 5% thought that it was caused by evil spirits.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, attitude and practices of Epilepsy Patients towards their illness and treatment in a tertiary care hospital in Kuantan Pahang Malaysia

Rathor

Shahar

Omar

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Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Abstruct:Objective: Patients beliefs determine their response to an illness and its management especially if it is chronic. Studies assessing patient's knowledge of their epilepsy are scarce. We report the first objective study evaluating knowledge, attitude and practices of epilepsy patients referred to a tertiary care centre in East Coast of Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study using pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire among consenting epilepsy patients. Results:The demographic details and responses to a questionnaire assessing their insight towards epilepsy were recorded. Among 132 respondents, 51.5% were male and 48.5 % were female. Their age ranged from 14 to 70 years (mean = 31.63 ± 13.41). Majority (53.8%) of them aged equal or less than 30 years. The median number of years they had epilepsy was 8.0 (4.0, 18.8) years and average duration of seizure prior to seeking medical attention was 1.0 (0.3, 4.5) years. The average number of years they were receiving treatment from a hospital was 5.50 ± 5.84. Most (90.9%) did not know the cause of epilepsy; however 93.9 % were aware that it can be treated with modern drugs. While only 22.7 % believed that faith healers can treat epilepsy, 74.2% had tried other forms of treatment. Negative attitude was reflected in the belief that epilepsy is due to supernatural powers (1.5%) and that epilepsy is contagious (17.4 %). Positive attitude included that PWE can take a job (66.7%), allowing a child with epilepsy to study (80%), not objecting children to play with a child with epilepsy (54.5%), marry (65.9%) and having children (58.3%). Conclusions: Patients with epilepsy are not knowledgeable about their disorder. This is true regardless of age, educational background, or number of years with epilepsy. The results suggest that there is a critical need to enhance epilepsy education and improve attitudes towards epilepsy beyond seizure control.

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“…%80.3'ü nöbet esnasında nasıl yardım edileceğini bilmediğini belirtmiştir. [37] Malezya'daki üniversite öğrencilerine uygulanan ankette %60'ı, Burkina Faso'daki öğretmenlerin %7.7'si ve Ürdün'deki öğretmenlerin %45.2'si epilepsi hastalığının kalıtsal olduğunu belirtmiştir. [30,37,38] Bozkaya'nın çalışmasında da öğrencilerin dörtte biri epilepsinin bulaşıcı bir hastalık olduğunu düşünmüşlerdir.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of The Teachers Teaching at Primary Schools About Epilepsy

Sivri¹,

Özpulat²

2013

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SummaryObjectives: Study was undertaken in order to determine knowledge and behaviors of the teachers teaching at 4 primary schools in Akşehir about epilepsy and to suggest practicable recommendations in line with the results obtained. Methods: It was a descriptive study and in the study, all of the teachers were tried to be reached between the 1 st of October and the 30 th of November 2010. The questionnaire form was designed according to the literature information. Results: It was found out that mean age of the teachers was 38.4 (24-56), 53.2% of them were male. It was seen that 65.4% of the teachers had a teaching career of ≥13 years. It was detected that 17.7% met epilepsy once, 7.3% intervened for epilepsy once and 4% had students with epilepsy. 47.6% of the teachers were of the opinion that epilepsy was not a genetic-disease, 43.5% thought that epilepsy lasted life long and 45.2% said that jaws of the epilepsy patient should be opened during epileptic seizures. Conclusion: It was seen that teachers generally lacked knowledge about epilepsy, school-age children with epilepsy and actions to be done during epileptic seizures. In this sense,a multidisciplinary approach is needed in order to improve the relation between the parents of the epileptic children and the school and to increase knowledge level of the parents, teachers and the society about epilepsy.Key words: Knowledge level; epilepsy; school-age children; teacher. ÖzetAmaç: Çalışma, Akşehir ilçesindeki dört ilköğretim okulunda bulunan öğretmenlerin epilepsiye ilişkin bilgilerini ve davranışlarını saptamak, elde edilen sonuçlar doğrultusunda uygulanabilir öneriler geliştirebilmek amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem:Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışmada,1 Ekim-30 Kasım 2010 tarihleri arasında öğretmenlerin tamamına ulaşılmaya çalışıldı. Anket formu literatür bilgilerine dayanılarak oluşturuldu. Bulgular: Çalışmamızda öğretmenlerin yaş ortalaması 38.4 (dağılım, 24-56) olduğu, %53.2 'sinin erkek olduğu saptadı. %65.4'ünün 13 yıl ve daha uzun süre görev yaptığı belirlendi. Öğretmenlerin %17.7'sinin epilepsiyle bir kez karşılaştığı, %7.3'ünün bir kez müdehalede bulunduğu ve %4'ünün epilepsili bir öğrencisinin olduğu saptandı. Öğretmenlerin %47.6'sı epilepsinin kalıtsal bir hastalık olmadığını, %43.5'i epilepsinin ömür boyu sürdüğünü ve %45.2'si epilepsi nöbeti esnasında kilitlenmiş çenenin açılması gerektiğini söyledi.Sonuç: Araştırmada genel olarak öğretmenlerin epilepsi, epilepsili okul çocuğu ve nöbet esnasında yapılacak uygulamalar konusunda bilgi eksiklikleri olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu sonuçlar doğrultusunda, epilepsili çocuğun ebeveyn ile okul ilişkisinin düzenlenmesi, ebeveyn, öğretmen ve toplumun bu konudaki bilgilerinin artırılması için multidisipliner bir yaklaşımın gerekliliği önerilebilir.Anahtar sözcükler: Bilgi düzeyi; epilepsi; okul çocuğu; öğretmen.

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Awareness and knowledge of epilepsy among students in a Malaysian university

Abstract: The findings indicate a generally favorable level of awareness and knowledge of epilepsy among students at the university. Nevertheless, there is still a need to improve certain aspects of knowledge and understanding of epilepsy among university students.

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Assessment of Epilepsy-Related Knowledge among Medical Students in Ethiopia

Assessment of Epilepsy-Related Knowledge among Medical Students in Ethiopia

Assessment of Knowledge, attitude and practices of Epilepsy Patients towards their illness and treatment in a tertiary care hospital in Kuantan Pahang Malaysia

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of The Teachers Teaching at Primary Schools About Epilepsy

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Awareness and knowledge of epilepsy among students in a Malaysian university

Abstract: The findings indicate a generally favorable level of awareness and knowledge of epilepsy among students at the university. Nevertheless, there is still a need to improve certain aspects of knowledge and understanding of epilepsy among university students.

Cited by 79 publications

References 17 publications

Assessment of Epilepsy-Related Knowledge among Medical Students in Ethiopia

Assessment of Epilepsy-Related Knowledge among Medical Students in Ethiopia

Assessment of Knowledge, attitude and practices of Epilepsy Patients towards their illness and treatment in a tertiary care hospital in Kuantan Pahang Malaysia

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of The Teachers Teaching at Primary Schools About Epilepsy

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