Teachers’ perceptions in central Turkey concerning epilepsy and asthma and the short-term effect of a brief education on the perception of epilepsy

Aydın, Kürşad; Yıldız, Hatice

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.09.012

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“…Most studies (N=9) 26; 28; 51; 78; 79; 80; 81; 82; 84 were non-controlled prospective trials, three were randomized control trials. 34; 42; 83 Interventions targeted primary and elementary students 42; 51; 83 (N=3), high school students 34 (N=1) and college students 26; 28 (N=2) as well as school teachers 78; 79; 81; 84 (N=4) and health professionals 80; 82 (N=2). Consistent with the pedagogical and clinical settings, interventions relied on communicating health information via lectures or other formal, lengthy curricula to train or educate their target audiences.…”

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“…Studies presented factual information regarding management of seizures, implications of epilepsy, and first aid for someone who had a seizure via videos, lectures, and simulation to allow for cognitive shaping of attitudes. A combination lectures, courses, or seminars were mostly commonly used communication approaches 78; 79; 80; 81 (N=4). Combinations of seminars, lectures, trainings, and courses were all classified under the same approach because there were no distinguishing factors in the brief methods sections in these intervention papers.…”

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Epilepsy misconceptions and stigma reduction: Current status in Western countries

Herrmann

Welter

Berg

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Epilepsy & Behavior

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Objective: This systematized literature review identified reports describing epilepsy misconceptions in the developed Western countries and research interventions focused on reducing these misconceptions. Materials and Methods: English language publications from January 2004 to January 2015 that described original research conducted in Europe, North/Central/South America or Australia on misconceptions about epilepsy among the general public. Results: 81 publications were selected. Most studies were conducted in the Americas (N=30) and Europe (N=31). Misconceptions and attitudes about epilepsy were assessed among clinical providers (N= 9), family members of people with epilepsy (PWE, N=5), teachers (N= 11), students (N=22), and the general public (N= 25). Most studies used structured questionnaires, sometimes adding open-ended questions. Misconceptions reflected socially exclusionary attitudes directed at PWE, ignorance about treatment, and over-generalizations that are stigmatizing when applied to all PWE. Misconceptions were more prevalent in those with less education, lower socioeconomic status, and no exposure to PWE. There were only 12 intervention studies. While intervention studies were generally effective in improving attitudes, many were targeted to healthcare and education settings, were time intensive, and impractical for broad general population implementation. None incorporated newer technology-based strategies regarding effective health communication approaches. Conclusions: Types of epilepsy misconceptions were similar in reports published over the last decade, although most referred to misconceptions that have already been previously described. Existing questionnaires may fail to identify more subtle forms of current misconceptions and negative attitudes. Few interventional studies specifically target epilepsy stigma. Practical and broad scalable approaches to de-stigmatize epilepsy may help reduce misconceptions.

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Epilepsy misconceptions and stigma reduction: Current status in Western countries

Herrmann

Welter

Berg

et al. 2016

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…An advantage of such comparative studies is that, when a difference is found, it highlights that type of condition has specific, identifiable effects on psychosocial problems beyond the general effect of living with chronic conditions. Many clinical researches have previously chosen children with asthma as a comparison population against which to examine the effects of epilepsy because of the similarities between these two chronic illnesses (Austin, Dunn, & Huster, 2000;Aydin & Yildiz, 2007;Hsieh & Chiou, 2001). For example, epilepsy and asthma both involve unpredictable episodes, regular visit to doctors, regular medication and frightening symptom attacks.…”

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Comparative Study of Children's Self-Concepts and Parenting Stress Between Families of Children With Epilepsy and Asthma

Chiou

Hsieh²

2008

Journal of Nursing Research

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The purpose of the present study was to conduct a comparative study on families of children with epilepsy and asthma with regard to the variables of children's self-concepts and parenting stress. While past research has indicated higher rates of behavioral problems in children with epilepsy, behavioral problems were associated primarily with children's self-concept. How an individual assesses his or herself impacts significantly upon self conceptualization and the attainment of a stable concept about oneself as an individual is a critical development factor during an individual's cognitive development stage. Nevertheless, specific factors related to such have not previously been well delineated. Forty-eight children, 8 to 13 years of age with epilepsy, and 54 children in the same age range with asthma were investigated for this study. Parents of subjects were also involved in this study. The self-concepts of subject children were assessed using the Harter's Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC). Parenting stress was measured using Abidin's Parenting Stress Index (PSI)/long form. Children's demographic variables and illness severity were also measured as potential risk factors. Results showed significant differences between the two groups in terms of self-concept and parenting stress, with epileptic children returning significantly lower self-concept scores in 3 SPPC subscales. Demographic variables and illness conditions were not found to be effective predictors of parenting stress. Level of parenting stress was revealed to be significantly associated with children's selfconcept in the epilepsy group. Results suggest that parents of children with epilepsy will benefit from coping strategies that may help lower parenting stress levels and influence positively upon children's self-concept. In addition to providing regular drug therapy, providing further support is needed.

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“…Coopersmith 6 highlights the positive effect of parental acceptance on self-esteem in particular and psychosocial development in general. In epilepsy, social contacts and familiar relationships are an important source of social support and may have great impact on the individual ability to cope with the disease [10][11][12] . People with epilepsy often believe that they have little control over his condition and his life.…”

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Self-esteem, social support perception and seizure controllability perception in adolescents with epilepsy

Siqueira

Guerreiro

Souza

2011

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.

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Objective: Compare the self-esteem of adolescents with epilepsy and adolescents without epilepsy and relate it to social support and seizure controllability perception. Method: The study sample consisted: case participants (34 subjects) attending the pediatric epilepsy clinic of University Hospital and control participants (30 subjects) from public schools in Campinas-SP. The instruments utilized were: identification card with demographic and epilepsy data, a semi-structured interview on aspects of the disease, and a SelfEsteem Multidimensional Scale. Results: There was no significant difference between the two groups but majority of adolescents with epilepsy presented higher self esteem rate, have knowledge about epilepsy, presented high levels of social support and seizure controllability perception. There was no significant relationship between social support and seizure controllability perception with self-esteem. Conclusion: Knowledge about epilepsy, social support such good controllability seizure perception seem are important contingencies for a better evaluation of self esteem in adolescents with epilepsy.

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Teachers’ perceptions in central Turkey concerning epilepsy and asthma and the short-term effect of a brief education on the perception of epilepsy

Cited by 31 publications

References 11 publications

Epilepsy misconceptions and stigma reduction: Current status in Western countries

Epilepsy misconceptions and stigma reduction: Current status in Western countries

Comparative Study of Children's Self-Concepts and Parenting Stress Between Families of Children With Epilepsy and Asthma

Self-esteem, social support perception and seizure controllability perception in adolescents with epilepsy

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