Familiarity with, knowledge of, and attitudes toward epilepsy among teachers in Korean elementary schools

Lee, Haeyoung; Lee, Sang Kun; Chung, Chun Kee; Yun, Soon Nyung; Choi-Kwon, Smi

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.11.013

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“…On the other hand, low proportions ranging from 1% to 11.9% of teachers considering epilepsy as a contagious disease have been reported in other African studies (Gebrewold, Enquselassie, Teklehaimanot, & Gugssa, ; Millogo & Siranyan, ; Shehata & Mahran, ). In some Asian studies, epilepsy is considered to be contagious in 0.2–15.3% of teachers surveyed and in 44.4–83.6% as a brain disease (Alkhamra, Tannous, Hadidi, & Alkhateeb, ; Lee, Lee, Chung, Yun, & Choi‐Kwon, ; Thacker, Verma, Ji, Thacker, & Mishra, ). Epilepsy is considered to be a psychiatric illness by 15.9% of teachers surveyed in our study.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices with respect to epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey, Niger

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Objective We aimed firstly to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices about epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey and secondly to formulate targeted sensitization messages for these teachers. Materials and methods A descriptive cross‐sectional survey was carried out among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey, capital of Niger, using a self‐administered questionnaire including questions related to knowledge, attitudes, and practices about epilepsy. Results One hundred and forty‐five (145) teachers aged 27–69 (mean age: 39.57 ± 8.304 years) had answered the questionnaire (52 men and 93 women). In 62.1% of cases, respondents had a bachelor degree in education signifying a high level of education. Sixty‐one respondents (42.1%) considered epilepsy as a brain disease, whereas it was considered as a psychiatric illness by 15.9% of respondents and as an impurity by 38.9%. Sixteen respondents (11%) considered it as a hereditary disease. Epilepsy was considered as a contagious disease by 46.2% of teachers, and the main transmission routes reported were contact with places of crisis (26.2%), physical contact with an epileptic person (16.6%), and contact with saliva (6.9%). It was considered as an incurable disease by 6.9% of teachers. Of the 115 respondents (79.3%) who considered epilepsy as a treatable condition, 46 of them believe that epilepsy is treated by traditional medicine. When someone has an epileptic seizure, 28.3% of respondents think that physical contact with him should be avoided and that the places of the crisis should be avoided. Conclusion Considering that epilepsy is common in school‐age, the study results suggest the need to train teachers with respect to epilepsy to change misconceptions about epilepsy and to promote positive attitudes toward epileptic people to avoid the rejection of these people by the society responsible for problems of social integration.

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“…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].…”

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An educational campaign toward epilepsy among Italian primary school teachers

Mecarelli

Messina

Capovilla

et al. 2014

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…[38] Lee ve ark.nın çalışmasında da %65.4'ü nöbet bitene kadar beklenmesini ifade etmişlerdir. [19] Young ve ark.nın Kanadalı kolej öğrencilerinin epilepsi bilgi ve eğilimlerini inceledikleri çalışmada; öğrencilerin %91'i epilepsi hakkında okumuş veya duymuş, sadece yarısı epilepsinin kalıtsal olabileceğini belirtmiştir. Büyük kısmı ise epilepsinin beyin tümörleri, doğum defektleri ve inme nedeni ile gelişebileceğini söylemiş.…”

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“…[34] fakat çalışmamızdaki gibi (sekizinci soru) acil uygulamalara yönelik bilgi düzeyleri ve uygulamaları arasındaki ilişki anlamlı bulunmuştur. Lee ve ark.nın [19] çalışmasında ise epilepsi hakkında bilgi puanı ile medeniyet arasında anlamlı ilişki tespit edilmiştir.…”

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

Sivri¹,

Özpulat²

2013

Epilepsi

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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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Familiarity with, knowledge of, and attitudes toward epilepsy among teachers in Korean elementary schools

Cited by 40 publications

References 31 publications

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices with respect to epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey, Niger

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices with respect to epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey, Niger

An educational campaign toward epilepsy among Italian primary school teachers

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

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