Parental awareness on anti-epileptic treatment

Kudalugodaarachchi, J; Alwis, Y S de; Samarage, Deepthi

doi:10.4038/sljch.v32i3.706

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“…Since all the interviewed parents were from the hospital clinics, we assume that information about epilepsy communicated to the parents at the time of diagnosis is inadequate or need more reinforcement to alleviate unnecessary parental worries and anxiety over their child [31]. Parents in our study showed good knowledge of antiepileptic medicine therapy [32]. Apparently, regular medication advice given during clinic visits and the perceived effectiveness of antiepileptic drugs prompted by recurrence of seizures with discontinuation are positive factors to maintain compliance to drug therapy.…”

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