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Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah
OBJECTIVES: Epilepsy is very common in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, occurring in 6.54 out of every 1000 individuals. The current study was conducted to determine the level of public awareness of and attitudes toward epilepsy in the city of Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This descriptiv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695227 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.188622 |
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author | Almutairi, Aqeel Munahi Ansari, Tahir Sami, Waqas Baz, Salah |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Epilepsy is very common in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, occurring in 6.54 out of every 1000 individuals. The current study was conducted to determine the level of public awareness of and attitudes toward epilepsy in the city of Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. The study population included respondents derived from preselected public places in the city. Stratified random sampling was used, and the sample size was made up of 706 individuals. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from respondents after receiving their verbal consent. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 2.0. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Majmaah University. RESULTS: The results showed that 575 (81.4%) of the respondents had heard or read about epilepsy. Almost 50% of the respondents knew someone who had epilepsy, and 393 (55.7%) had witnessed what they believed to be a seizure. Results showed that 555 (78.6%) respondents believed that epilepsy was neither a contagious disease nor a type of insanity. It was found that 335 (47.5%) stated that epilepsy was a brain disease, and almost one-quarter of the respondents said that the manifestation of an epileptic episode is a convulsion. Regarding attitude, 49% and 47.3% of respondents stated that they would not allow their children to interact with individuals with epilepsy and would object to marrying an individual with epilepsy, respectively. CONCLUSION: Although knowledge about epilepsy is improving, it is still not adequate. The study showed that the attitude toward epilepsy is poor. |
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spelling | pubmed-50064592016-10-01 Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah Almutairi, Aqeel Munahi Ansari, Tahir Sami, Waqas Baz, Salah J Neurosci Rural Pract Original Article OBJECTIVES: Epilepsy is very common in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, occurring in 6.54 out of every 1000 individuals. The current study was conducted to determine the level of public awareness of and attitudes toward epilepsy in the city of Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. The study population included respondents derived from preselected public places in the city. Stratified random sampling was used, and the sample size was made up of 706 individuals. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from respondents after receiving their verbal consent. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 2.0. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Majmaah University. RESULTS: The results showed that 575 (81.4%) of the respondents had heard or read about epilepsy. Almost 50% of the respondents knew someone who had epilepsy, and 393 (55.7%) had witnessed what they believed to be a seizure. Results showed that 555 (78.6%) respondents believed that epilepsy was neither a contagious disease nor a type of insanity. It was found that 335 (47.5%) stated that epilepsy was a brain disease, and almost one-quarter of the respondents said that the manifestation of an epileptic episode is a convulsion. Regarding attitude, 49% and 47.3% of respondents stated that they would not allow their children to interact with individuals with epilepsy and would object to marrying an individual with epilepsy, respectively. CONCLUSION: Although knowledge about epilepsy is improving, it is still not adequate. The study showed that the attitude toward epilepsy is poor. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5006459/ /pubmed/27695227 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.188622 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Almutairi, Aqeel Munahi Ansari, Tahir Sami, Waqas Baz, Salah Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah |
title | Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah |
title_full | Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah |
title_fullStr | Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah |
title_full_unstemmed | Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah |
title_short | Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah |
title_sort | public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in majmaah |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27695227 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.188622 |
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