Knowledge about epilepsy among teachers and epileptic patients

Tosetti, Maria F. Valls; Campos, Miriam A.; Bauer, Claudia R.; Araujo, Márcia M.; Pedrazolli, Sibelle; Silva, Yara B.; Montovani, Cristina; Haddad, Mônica Santoro; Poetcher, A.; Cukiert, Arthur; Marino, Raul

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“…In another study 13 the majority had never been informed about epilepsy and this finding was related to the great number of equivocal answers obtained from them. The mythic idea of epilepsy as a contagious disease comes from the past.…”

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Knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy among primary, secondary and tertiary level teachers

Dantas

Cariri

et al. 2001

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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-The attitudes toward people with epilepsy are influenced by the degree of knowledge of the condition. Teachers usually do not receive any formal instruction on epilepsy during their training. This study was done to access three hundred teachers knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy by answering a questionnaire in order to quantify their knowledge, attitude and practice toward epilepsy. Almost all the teachers had heard about epilepsy yet could not demonstrate discrimination among the students. Some teachers still thought that epilepsy was contagious. A few others either objected to having epileptic children in their classes or did not think that an epileptic child could achieve higher studies. The knowledge about the clinical characteristics and initial procedures to attend a person during a seizure was unsatisfactory. We conclude that schools should offer some kind of knowledge or assistance in health services and physicians must ensure that these teachers have sufficient knowledge of epilepsy. Also general public education campaigns should be encouraged in this field.KEY WORDS: epilepsy, attitude, prejudice, public awareness.Atitude e percepção sobre epilepsia entre professores de primeiro, segundo e terceiro graus RESUMO -As atitudes referentes a pacientes com epilepsia são influenciadas pelo grau de conhecimento acerca desta patologia. Os professores geralmente não recebem instruções formais a este respeito. Este estudo procurou avaliar o grau de conhecimento e atitude quanto à epilepsia em trezentos professores, os quais responderam um questionário que quantifica o conhecimento, atitude e prática. Quase todos os professores já tinham ouvido falar sobre epilepsia e não discriminavam seus alunos. Alguns ainda acreditavam em contágio e poucos professores referiram objeções à presença de alunos com epilepsia em suas classes ou achavam que uma criança com epilepsia não poderia se tornar um bom professor. O conhecimento quanto às características clínicas ou procedimentos iniciais diante de uma crise epiléptica foi insatisfatório. Os resultados evidenciam que escolas médicas e médicos devem proporcionar um melhor conhecimento sobre epilepsia aos professores e campanhas educativas públicas devem também objetivar melhor esclarecimento sobre estas questões.

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“…Some of the questions are theoretical and individuals may answer in a politically correct manner, according to someone else s expectations and not reflecting their own opinions. Despite these limitations, this approach has been used in other reports 12,13 .…”

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Knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy among primary, secondary and tertiary level teachers

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Cariri

et al. 2001

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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“…Despite the limitations of the theoretical questions and the anticipation of the correct answers, the approach has been used in other studies. [1213] The study showed relatively low incidence of epilepsy among school children. This may be ascribed to the fact that most of the children of school age with epilepsy are not allowed by relatives to attend school.…”

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“…[13] Prejudice, especially in schooling often limits and isolates pupils with epilepsy. [16] This study indicted the lack of training of teachers.…”

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Knowledge, practice and attitude toward epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in South Gezira locality, Gezira State, Sudan

Babikar

abbas

2011

J Fam Community Med

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Objective:The attitudes toward school pupils with epilepsy are influenced by the degree of school teachers’ knowledge of the disorder. Teachers usually do not receive any formal instructions on epilepsy during their training. This study aims to assess school teachers’ knowledge, attitude and practice when dealing with epilepsy in school children.Materials and Methods:This study was part of a series mandated by the Gezira Epilepsy Care Programme (GECP), to obtain baseline data for a community-adapted epilepsy education program. A pretested, semi-structured, 35-items questionnaire was the investigational tool. It was used to evaluate the knowledge of the basic facts about epilepsy among school teachers in this cross-sectional study. The questionnaire allowed teachers to express their opinions by means of free answers. The schools were chosen at random but not in a systematic equiprobability design. Two hundred teachers from public primary (100) and secondary (100) schools in the rural area of south Gezira Locality, Gezira State, Central Sudan, were recruited.Results:In this study, the majority of respondents had never been informed about epilepsy and therefore gave evasive answers to many questions. Few of the respondents considered epilepsy as contagious. None of participants objected to having epileptic children in their classes. Only 47 teachers (47%) in the primary schools had any knowledge of the initial procedures to help a child in seizure, presenting reasonable answers, compared to 64 (64%) teachers in the secondary schools.Recommendations:All school teachers should be given some kind of training in health services. The GECP should involve teachers in its current training programs for caregivers and lay association to help epileptic patients.

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“…A atitude quanto à capacidade de estudo das crianças, observada neste trabalho é bem condizente com a realidade, embora o habitual seja o envolvimento de preconceitos 26 . Por outro lado, a ligação de epilepsia com doença psiquiátrica séria, remanescente das posturas vigentes nos século XVII e início do XIX, ainda aparecem em cerca de 10 % das entrevistas desta pesquisa.…”

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Conhecimentos e atitudes sobre epilepsia entre universitários da área da saúde

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Luciano

et al. 2004

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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RESUMO -Vários estudos em diversos paises mostram em relação à epilepsia a falta de conhecimentos, os preconceitos e as repercussões negativas para os pacientes. Avaliamos os conhecimentos e atitudes de universitários da área da saúde no início e ao final dos cursos. Foram aplicados questionários contendo 15 questões em relação à epilepsia a 564 universitários (290 do primeiro e 274 do último ano) de cinco cursos (ciências farmacêuticas, fisioterapia, medicina, nutrição e terapia ocupacional). Os estudantes de último ano tiveram maior familiaridade com epilepsia, melhor conhecimento de suas causas e de seu tratamento. Também em questões relacionadas ao trabalho e à conduta durante as crises, ao final dos cursos cresceram as posturas positivas. Não obstante, porcentagem significativa dos universitários do último ano ainda apresentou importantes lacunas de conhecimento em relação à epilepsia o que sugere a necessidade de ações dirigidas a minorar essa situação.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: epilepsia, aspectos psicossociais. Knowledge and attitude toward epilepsy among health area studentsABSTRACT -Several studies in different countries show a lack of knowledge about epilepsy with consequent prejudice and discrimination to epileptic patients. We aim to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of health area junior and senior students. Simple self-administered questionnaires were applied to 290 junior students and to 274 senior students. Senior students had more familiarity, better knowledge about etiology and had a more positive perception about anticonvulsant medication. Positive attitudes about work were more common among senior students. Although, significant percentage of students had a lack of knowledge about epilepsy. A third of the respondents could use improper and potentially harmful measures during a seizure. Actions directed to increment the knowledge and attitudes of health area students could improve the quality of life of patients with epilepsy.

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Knowledge about epilepsy among teachers and epileptic patients

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Knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy among primary, secondary and tertiary level teachers

Knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy among primary, secondary and tertiary level teachers

Knowledge, practice and attitude toward epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in South Gezira locality, Gezira State, Sudan

Conhecimentos e atitudes sobre epilepsia entre universitários da área da saúde

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