Awareness, attitudes toward epilepsy, and first aid knowledge of seizures of hospital staff in Henan, China

Zhao, Ting; Gao, Yajuan; Zhu, Xuerui; Wang, Na; Chen, Yanan; Zhang, Jiahui; He, Guinv; Feng, Yan; Xu, Jianxing; Han, Xing; Zhang, Jiewen

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.06.026

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“…The present study revealed that majority of the participants had previously heard about seizure (epilepsy). This nding is consistent with the education levels of this study population and previously published studies [16][17][18]. This study determined that one out of three patients had seizure (epilepsy) for the past 5 years.…”

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confidence: 92%

Levetiracetam Use, Availability and Knowledge of Toxicity Among Epileptic Patients and Their Care Givers: A Cross-Sectional Study in King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk Saudi Arabia

Alatawi

Alzahrani

Saiyed

2021

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Background: Levetiracetam (Keppra®) is a well-known second-generation anti-epileptic drug (AED). The study was aimed to addresses Levetiracetam use, availability and knowledge of toxicity among epileptic patients and their care givers in King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted in King Salman Armed Forces Hospital (KSAFH) in Tabuk city in Saudi Arabia. The study participants were epileptic patients and their care givers, selected from different outpatient departments using a convenient sampling technique. Data was collected using an Arabic self-reported questionnaire consisted of open-ended and closed-ended questions to facilitate study participants. Altogether, 381 persons answered the full questionnaire. The data were entered into SPSS version 26.0 for Windows, cleaned and managed before analysis. Results: Participants age ranged from 18 to 63 years, with a mean 29.6 years and standard deviation 5.8 years. 47.0% (n= 179) were male and 53.0% (n= 202) female. Six out of ten participants lived in the urban area (67.7%). Majority of the participants had knowledge about seizures (96.9%). About 31.0% of the participants and/or patients had seizures (epilepsy) since more than 20 years. Nearly 28.0% participants and/or patients had family history of seizures (epilepsy). Majority of the participants had Levetiracetam at home and aware of the correct usage of it. However, about 11% of the participants felt that Levetiracetam is used to help sleep. Eight out of ten of the participants reported “Sleepiness” as the side effect of Levetiracetam (79.3%). Half of the participants reported “Headache” as the side effect of Levetiracetam. About 94.0% of the participants knew that someone could take enough Levetiracetam to harm themselves. Conclusion: The study population used Levetiracetam, they demonstrated basic awareness of Levetiracetam use including the potential consequences of overdosing. Participants' knowledge regarding the toxicity of Levetiracetam is adequate. Special awareness programs for parents of children with epilepsy may be needed to reduce the knowledge gaps in the management of epilepsy and to ensure compliance and optimal therapeutic outcomes.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Levetiracetam Use, Availability and Knowledge of Toxicity Among Epileptic Patients and Their Care Givers: A Cross-Sectional Study in King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk Saudi Arabia

Alatawi

Alzahrani

Saiyed

2021

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“…[ 8 ] Also, only 41.8% answered with “disagree” to hold the patient on the floor and prevent him from moving during the seizure which is much lower in comparison with a study done in China which reported 84.9%. [ 10 ] These results indicate a poor knowledge about the first aid during seizures which needs to improve.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Regarding removing all dangerous things away from the patients during seizures, a majority of our participants agreed by 93.6 and 68.4% disagreed to try feeding the patient with water or other things during the seizure which is similar to China's results by 94.5 and 63%, respectively. [ 10 ] Ninety-two percent answered to call the ambulance if the seizure lasts for more than 5 min and only 7% will do that in a study of Makkah. [ 9 ] That presents a high knowledge in Taif city compared with Makkah city.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effect of habits, traditions, and beliefs on seizure diagnosis and provide first aid in Taif city, KSA

Alshareef

Alnofaiey

Milibary³

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Aim: To determine the effect of habits, traditions, and beliefs on seizure diagnosis and provide first aid in Taif city, KSA. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 297 participants from Taif, KSA. An Arabic self-administrated electronic questionnaire was used that included different parts to collect the information from participants; characters, previous history of seizures, habits, beliefs and traditions about the seizures and first aid. Results: Most of the participants had an average level of knowledge by 20.88, 47.14 and 31.99% of the participants had a poor, average and good level of knowledge about seizures and epilepsy. 70.0% of our participants knew that seizure is a symptom associated with many diseases; 40.7% knew that hypoglycemia can cause a seizure, while 37 and 32.3% did not know seizure treatment and whether Hijama and Cupping therapy were enough to treat seizure; 26.9 and 35.4% of the participants responded by neither putting something hard on the patient's mouth nor opening the patient's mouth by force to protect him from swallowing his tongue, respectively. Only 17.2% agreed on not calling the ambulance for all seizure cases. Participants aged between 20 and 29 and single had a significant higher percent of good knowledge with no significant association between gender, income and educational level and the participant's level of knowledge. Conclusion: There is a lack of knowledge and misconceptions about aspects related to seizures among the studied participants. It is recommended to raise awareness and correct false misconceptions about providing first aid to seizure patients.

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“…Such cultural misconceptions are considered to be a greater handicap to people with epilepsy than disability from repetitive seizures or antiepileptic drug side effects [4,5], contributing to tremendous psychological, economic, and social burdens [6][7][8]. Worse more, such stigmatizing attitudes are not just prevalent among the general population, but also exist in health-care personnel even though they have received medical education or training and are supposed to be relatively objective toward epilepsy [9][10][11][12].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies have confirmed that residence, education level, individual monthly income, or other demographic characteristics would affect people's attitudes and knowledge toward chronic diseases [23,[25][26][27][28][29]. Therefore, discrepancies in performance toward epilepsy may exist among medical workers from different level of hospitals according to regional and cultural differences, but only a few of these related studies were done in China [10].…”

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Knowledge, attitudes and practice towards epilepsy among medical staff in Southern China: Does the level of hospitals make a difference?

Xiao

et al. 2019

Seizure

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To assess knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) toward epilepsy among medical staff from different levels of hospitals in Southern China. Method: An adapted and structured questionnaire was administered to medical personnel from tertiary (n = 451) and basic-level (n = 448) hospitals in Southern China. The questionnaire comprised of three domains which consisted of 6 items for awareness, 12 items for knowledge and a 14 item scale for attitudes. Results: Almost 40% of medical staff in basic-level hospitals held that epilepsy could be caused by evil spirits/ eyes, or transmitted from other patients, which was almost 6 times higher than that of tertiary hospitals. The mean score from general knowledge about epilepsy was higher among medical staff in tertiary hospitals than in basic-level hospitals. The mean scores in the general and personal domain of the Chinese Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (CPATE) scale were both significantly lower among medical staff in tertiary hospitals, when compared to those of basic-level hospitals. Conclusions: The overall KAP from medical staff in response to seizures, was found to be better in tertiary hospitals than those of basic-level hospitals in Southern China, which was associated with the education level and impact of traditional culture. To date, there is a need for effective public intervention programs in China to improve the awareness of epilepsy and reduce discrimination among medical workers, especially for those working in basic-level hospitals in rural regions, to finally promote a better living environment for patients with epilepsy in China.

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Awareness, attitudes toward epilepsy, and first aid knowledge of seizures of hospital staff in Henan, China

Cited by 37 publications

References 38 publications

Levetiracetam Use, Availability and Knowledge of Toxicity Among Epileptic Patients and Their Care Givers: A Cross-Sectional Study in King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk Saudi Arabia

Levetiracetam Use, Availability and Knowledge of Toxicity Among Epileptic Patients and Their Care Givers: A Cross-Sectional Study in King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Tabuk Saudi Arabia

Effect of habits, traditions, and beliefs on seizure diagnosis and provide first aid in Taif city, KSA

Knowledge, attitudes and practice towards epilepsy among medical staff in Southern China: Does the level of hospitals make a difference?

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