PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EPILEPSY IN TEHRAN

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GHAREGOZLI KOUROUSH; KOLAHI A.A.; ABBASISIAR F.; POURTAHERIAN P.; BOU ALHARI J.; ZAMANI GH.; KEYHANIDOUST ZARRIN TAJ

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Journal: Tehran University Medical Journal Year:2006 | Volume:64 | Issue:8 Page(s): 22-30

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PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EPILEPSY IN TEHRAN

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EPILEPSYQ3

KNOWLEDGEQ3

ATTITUDEQ3

TEHRANQ2

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Background: Despite advances in medical science and modern technology, EPILEPSY remains as a stigmatized condition and negative public ATTITUDE toward EPILEPSY is a common phenomenon especially in developing countries such as Iran. It is the major factor causing serious social discrimination against people with EPILEPSY which in turn may be more devastating than the disorder itself. Thorough understanding of the KNOWLEDGE and ATTITUDEs toward EPILEPSY is essential to modify these negative ATTITUDEs.Methods: We conducted a face-to-face questionnaire interview survey in crowd locations of TEHRAN in August, 2004-April 2005. A total of 1079 persons all more than 15 years old were asked to fill the questionnaire.Results: Eighty eight percent of respondents had heard about EPILEPSY before, 42.2% of them knew one person with EPILEPSY. However, out of responses about the causes of EPILEPSY, 52.4% said it was caused by brain damage, 26.4% said it was an inherited disease,, 14.3% said it was due to fever, 34.8% believed stress as the cause of it and1.1% said evil spirits was the cause. 56.9% considered pregnancy to be appropriate for epileptics. 94% believed children with EPILEPSY could go to school and have normal education.Conclusion: According to this survey, public KNOWLEDGE and ATTITUDEs about EPILEPSY in study population is not satisfactory. It is suggested that additional efforts must be made to increase the KNOWLEDGE of the general population through education programs especially among school children.

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GHAREGOZLI, KOUROUSH, KOLAHI, A.A., ABBASISIAR, F., POURTAHERIAN, P., BOU ALHARI, J., ZAMANI, GH., & KEYHANIDOUST, ZARRIN TAJ. (2006). PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EPILEPSY IN TEHRAN. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), 64(8), 22-30. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/38634/en

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GHAREGOZLI KOUROUSH, KOLAHI A.A., ABBASISIAR F., POURTAHERIAN P., BOU ALHARI J., ZAMANI GH., KEYHANIDOUST ZARRIN TAJ. PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EPILEPSY IN TEHRAN. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ)[Internet]. 2006;64(8):22-30. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/38634/en

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KOUROUSH GHAREGOZLI, A.A. KOLAHI, F. ABBASISIAR, P. POURTAHERIAN, J. BOU ALHARI, GH. ZAMANI, and ZARRIN TAJ KEYHANIDOUST, “PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD EPILEPSY IN TEHRAN,” TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 22–30, 2006, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/38634/en

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