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Public awareness and attitudes towards epilepsy in Tehran, Iran.
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- Quality of life and associated factors among people with epilepsy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- The Role of Stigma, Perceived Social Support, and Task-Oriented Coping Style in Relation with Life Satisfaction in Primary Caregivers of Children with Epilepsy: A Multiple Mediation Analysis.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Public awareness, knowledge, and attitude toward epilepsy in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- "The understanding and attitude toward epilepsy in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco".Epilepsia open · 2023Article
- Epilepsy Stigma Among University Students in Makkah: A Cross-Sectional Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022Article
- Improving public stigma, sociocultural beliefs, and social identity for people with epilepsy in the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2021Article
- Teachers and epilepsy: What they know, do not know, and need to know: A cross-sectional study of Taif City.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Descriptive epidemiology: prevalence, incidence, sociodemographic factors, socioeconomic domains, and quality of life of epilepsy: an update and systematic review.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2018Review
- Family Stigma Associated With Epilepsy: A Qualitative Study.Journal of caring sciences · 2017Article
- Knowledge about and Attitude towards Epilepsy among Menit Community, Southwest Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2017Article
- Community knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy in rural and urban Mukono district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2016Article
- Knowledge and Attitude toward Epilepsy of Close Family Members of People with Epilepsy in North of Iran.Advances in medicine · 2016Article
- Knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy among school teachers in West of Iran.Iranian journal of neurology · 2015Article
- Genetic testing in the epilepsies-developments and dilemmas.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2014Review
- Public knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy in Majmaah.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundEpilepsy is a prototypical, stigmatised disorder. Numerous studies have been conducted regarding the public perception of epilepsy, but they are primarily from high-income western countries; few studies have taken place in low- to middle-income countries with a traditional culture and a religious orientation.
objectiveThe public knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy in Tehran, Iran, is studied.
designA survey of 800 subjects ranging from 18 to 85 years was randomly chosen from households in Tehran in 2009. The questionnaire used was based on the Caveness and Gallup's studies conducted in the United States in 1949 and it has been used in numerous similar studies all over the world. The mean age of the participants was 37.5 years and 46.7% were female. Pearson's Chi-squared test was used for subgroup analyses.
resultsThe majority of subjects cited brain disorders as a cause of epilepsy, while 17% indicated the will of God as the cause. Most individuals were willing to work with a person with epilepsy, allow their children to play with a child with epilepsy, and allow people with epilepsy to use public transportation (78-82%). However, only 28% were willing to accept the marriage of a family member to someone with epilepsy.
conclusionThe knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy are similar to those in Europe, with the exception of a much lower acceptance regarding marriage to a person with epilepsy. However, the low acceptance for marrying someone with epilepsy reveals the remaining misconceptions about the nature of epilepsy in Iran, despite the high educational level in the studied population. Therefore, informational efforts must be employed to change the perception of epilepsy.
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