2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.506
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Knowledge, attitude & practice towards epilepsy among sudanese doctors, Khartoum State, 2014

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“…It is interesting to note that out of the 8.1% of our respondents who thought that epilepsy is caused by devil possession, 68.4% of them also thought that it is caused by a problem in brain cells. This ties with the results from a study done in Sudan assessing doctors' knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy (5), which showed that 10.3% of doctors think that epilepsy occurs due to possession by the devil. Even though doctors extensively understand the medical pathophysiology of the disease and this section of our studied group is likely to have some basic knowledge about the medical cause of epilepsy, this did not alleviate the misconception.…”
Section: Sources Of Knowledge About Epilepsysupporting
confidence: 82%
“…It is interesting to note that out of the 8.1% of our respondents who thought that epilepsy is caused by devil possession, 68.4% of them also thought that it is caused by a problem in brain cells. This ties with the results from a study done in Sudan assessing doctors' knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy (5), which showed that 10.3% of doctors think that epilepsy occurs due to possession by the devil. Even though doctors extensively understand the medical pathophysiology of the disease and this section of our studied group is likely to have some basic knowledge about the medical cause of epilepsy, this did not alleviate the misconception.…”
Section: Sources Of Knowledge About Epilepsysupporting
confidence: 82%