Public awareness, knowledge, and practice relating to epilepsy among adults in Konya

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dc.contributor.authorKartal, Ayşe
dc.contributor.authorAkyıldız, Abdulbaki
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T19:25:51Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T19:25:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: This study aimed to determine the familiarity with, knowledge of, misunderstandings, and attitudes toward epilepsy among a group of Turkish adults living in Konya, an urban city in central Turkey. Methods: By using an established familiarity-knowledge-attitudes practice questionnaire, 500 randomly selected adult residents of Konya were interviewed face-to-face. Demographic and sociocultural factors that predicted negative attitudes were determined. Results: More than half of all participants (68.4%) reported hearing or reading about epilepsy, 44% knew someone with epilepsy, and 42.2% had witnessed a seizure. The primary source of knowledge was via relatives and friends; Negative attitudes were about marriage and inability to live alone with epilepsy (63.2% objected to marriage and 84% objected to living alone). A preconception of epilepsy being a dangerous and lifelong disease was the primary reason for negative attitudes. Predictors of negative attitudes were female gender, lower educational status, and living in a rural area. Conclusion: Negative attitudes regarding the marital status of patients with epilepsy still exist. These may stem from misconceptions about the cause and treatability of epilepsy. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.02.006en_US
dc.identifier.endpage141en_US
dc.identifier.issn1525-5050en_US
dc.identifier.issn1525-5069en_US
dc.identifier.pmid27149554en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage137en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.02.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/33915
dc.identifier.volume59en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000376455600023en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCEen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEPILEPSY & BEHAVIORen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectEpilepsyen_US
dc.subjectFamiliarityen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titlePublic awareness, knowledge, and practice relating to epilepsy among adults in Konyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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