An evaluation of the knowledge and attitudes that Health Care Services department students have about epilepsy

Yıldız, Yasemin Şahin; Kasapoğlu, Elçin Sebahat; Dülger, Hanifi

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108840

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“…Previous research noted a directly proportional correlation between students’ knowledge about the disorder and their attitudes [ 21 , 36 , 39 ]. Contrary to those findings, one study on health management department students found no difference in attitudes between those with high and low knowledge about the disorder [ 40 ].…”

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“…As students represent an educated group of society, it is important they have the right knowledge and attitudes about health issues [ 20 ]. Furthermore, it is especially important to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of biomedical students as future medical workers who will directly work with epilepsy patients in the near future [ 21 ]. Misconceptions, prejudice, negative attitudes, and gaps in knowledge could influence the quality of the care the future healthcare workers will provide for their patients [ 22 , 23 ].…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes towards Epilepsy of Croatian General Student Population and Biomedical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Žuvela,

Filipović-Grčić,

Rušić

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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Epilepsy causes a significant burden to patients as it is linked with various somatic and psychiatric comorbidities, social issues, impaired quality of life, and increased mortality. Improving the population’s knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy patients could be beneficial as it could raise social awareness and lead to more social support for patients. For those reasons, a survey-based cross-sectional study was conducted to determine Croatian students’ knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy. A previously developed survey questionnaire was adapted for the Croatian setting and distributed online to the students (n = 544). Croatian students generally had positive attitudes towards people with epilepsy (median score 28.0, interquartile range 29.0–26.0, with the minimum possible score being 0.0 and the maximum 30.0), with the female gender (B (male) = 0.664 (95% CI −1.158, −0.170), p = 0.009), biomedical education (B (other) = −0.442, (95% CI −0.823, −0.061), p = 0.023), and personal experience in the form of witnessing the seizure (B = 0.519 (95% CI 0,098, 0.940), p = 0.016) as predictors of more favorable attitudes. Overall knowledge was satisfactory concerning most items, with the exception of first aid measures and risk factors. Educational intervention targeting bio-medical students and other students who might, in their future professional lives, be responsible for people suffering from epilepsy is needed to improve the gaps in their knowledge.

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