Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Epilepsy

Moselhy, Hamdy F.

doi:10.5772/17530

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“…47 The enduring stigmas and prejudices existing in certain cultures may affect the population irrespectively of their educational attainment. 48,49 Limitations: The relatively small sample size (chosen to allow comparison with the 1994 and 2000 studies) as well as the face-to-face interviewing method might affect the openness of participants in some items. The coding of the free-text answers (causes and symptoms of epilepsy) was not always straightforward needing a careful and sometimes subjective interpretation; potentially becoming a source of bias as well.…”

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Changes in public attitude toward epilepsy in Hungary since 1994. A multicriteria weighting analysis

Biresaw,

Vitrai,

Halász

et al. 2024

Epilepsia Open

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ObjectiveTo assess the adult Hungarian population's knowledge about and attitude toward epilepsy and compare the present findings with previous ones in 1994 and 2000.MethodsWe performed a cross‐sectional survey of the Hungarian adult population from 28th February to 8th March 2023. A non‐probability quota sampling with a random walk method was used. We applied the computer‐assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) method and used a multicriteria weighting procedure to correct for bias along the main sociodemographic variables. To detect changes over time, we used chi‐squared tests, and to analyze the effect of sociodemographic characteristics, we applied multivariate logistic regression.ResultsOne thousand participants (53.1% women, mean age 48.1 ± 16.75 years) representing Hungary's population were interviewed yielding a response rate of 80.3%. 26.3% knew someone with epilepsy (55.9% in 1994 and 51.9% in 2000), and 30.8% saw an epileptic seizure (58% in 1994 and 55.3% in 2000). Compared to the young, fewer adults and elderly people knew someone with epilepsy or had seen a seizure. Like in 1994 and 2000, 16.6% reported objection to their children's interaction with people with epilepsy; however, in the present study, significantly fewer people opposed their children marrying or working together with epileptic people, indicating a change in attitude (p < 0.0001). Rural residents had less objection to their children's interaction with people with epilepsy (p < 0.05). People with secondary education objected significantly more often than those with primary education to their children's interaction (p = 0.037), marriage to people with epilepsy (p = 0.043), or their having equal employment (p = 0.008). Higher education people were as “permissive” as those with primary education.SignificanceCertain parameters of familiarity and attitude markers of the Hungarian population toward epilepsy have improved. These tendencies are promising, but work is still needed; our results will hopefully evoke educational programs and campaigns against negative attitudes.Plain Language SummaryThe knowledge of the Hungarian population about epilepsy and their attitude toward people with epilepsy has been improved since 1994. People from rural areas have shown more acceptance for people with epilepsy. Those people who completed secondary education were significantly more prone to stigmatization than those with primary education.

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Changes in public attitude toward epilepsy in Hungary since 1994. A multicriteria weighting analysis

Biresaw,

Vitrai,

Halász

et al. 2024

Epilepsia Open

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“…11 Besides, some people say that the fetus in the stomach has moved to another person or other body part such as back because of a magic from someone. 1,2 Pseudocyesis often shows common signs and symptoms of pregnancy, namely no menstruation, nausea, vomiting, enlargement of the stomach, weight gain, and other pregnancy symptoms, and sometimes even urine test results can be false positive, but actually they are not really pregnant, 13,14 in some cases, patients also stated that they felt fetal movements 4,15 . This make some patients believe that she is pregnant.…”

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“…A woman who experiences pseudocyesis shows a chewy and tight sensation and when a percussion is performed, a hypertympany will be heard because of a bulk of gas. 7,8,2,25 Patients identified with pseudocyesis should be immediately transferred to a hospital for further examination, one of which is an ultrasonography examination. Collaboration between gynecologist and psychiatrist will be useful in overcoming the problem.…”

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O lord… where is my fetus? : a case report of pseudocyesis

Yanti

2019

medisians

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Introduction: Pseudocyesis is a condition in which a woman presents various signs and symptoms of pregnancy such as menstruation, nausea, vomiting, enlargement of the womb, weight gain, and other pregnancy symptoms. Furthermore, urine test may notice false positive result.Case presentation: It was illustrated with unusual case of pseudocyesis to a 44 year old woman reported fetal loss at the age of six months of pregnancy to a health worker in Lampung province.Conclusion: Pseudocyesis symptoms are just common pregnancy, but actually it is a false pregnancy.

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