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Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation

• We examined knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia. • Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy were more favorable among students of health specialties. • One fifth linked epilepsy to spirits possession and mental disorders, but almost half prefer s...

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Autores principales: Hakami, Tahir, Mahfouz, Mohamed, Najmi, Hatim, Adawi, Abdulrahman, Hakami, Ramzi, Areeshi, Nuha, Mahha, Adeebah J, Makeen, Anwar, Hakami, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8184505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34142076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100450
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author Hakami, Tahir
Mahfouz, Mohamed
Najmi, Hatim
Adawi, Abdulrahman
Hakami, Ramzi
Areeshi, Nuha
Mahha, Adeebah J
Makeen, Anwar
Hakami, Mohammed
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Mahfouz, Mohamed
Najmi, Hatim
Adawi, Abdulrahman
Hakami, Ramzi
Areeshi, Nuha
Mahha, Adeebah J
Makeen, Anwar
Hakami, Mohammed
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description • We examined knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia. • Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy were more favorable among students of health specialties. • One fifth linked epilepsy to spirits possession and mental disorders, but almost half prefer spiritual ritual treatment. • Social interactions with people with epilepsy were more favorable among women except toward marriage. • Universities should make efforts to correct misconceptions and reduce the social burden of epilepsy.
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spelling pubmed-81845052021-06-16 Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation Hakami, Tahir Mahfouz, Mohamed Najmi, Hatim Adawi, Abdulrahman Hakami, Ramzi Areeshi, Nuha Mahha, Adeebah J Makeen, Anwar Hakami, Mohammed Epilepsy Behav Rep Article • We examined knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia. • Knowledge of and attitudes towards epilepsy were more favorable among students of health specialties. • One fifth linked epilepsy to spirits possession and mental disorders, but almost half prefer spiritual ritual treatment. • Social interactions with people with epilepsy were more favorable among women except toward marriage. • Universities should make efforts to correct misconceptions and reduce the social burden of epilepsy. Elsevier 2021-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8184505/ /pubmed/34142076 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100450 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Hakami, Tahir
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Adawi, Abdulrahman
Hakami, Ramzi
Areeshi, Nuha
Mahha, Adeebah J
Makeen, Anwar
Hakami, Mohammed
Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation
title Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation
title_full Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation
title_fullStr Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation
title_short Knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in Saudi Arabia: Misconceptions of the next generation
title_sort knowledge of and attitude towards epilepsy among university students in saudi arabia: misconceptions of the next generation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8184505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34142076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100450
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