ArticleAfrican health sciences2020
Perceived stigma and school attendance among children and adolescents with epilepsy in South Western Uganda.
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- A systematic review of the effectiveness of epilepsy education programs on knowledge, attitudes, and skills among primary school learners.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Antiepileptic and antiepileptogenic effects ofIBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with intellectual impairment in children with epilepsy in two national referral hospitals in Uganda.Acta epileptologica · 2026Article
- Epilepsy in children and young people as a stigma throughout history: identifying cultural, religious and educational factors to design strategies for contemporary social inclusion.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Review
- Stigmas in Epilepsy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of epilepsy research · 2025Review
- Strong and weak points in the quality of life of school-age children with newly diagnosed uncomplicated epilepsy over the first six months: golden hours for prevention.Croatian medical journal · 2024Article
- One Patient, Three Providers: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Common Neuropsychiatric Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Mbarara University Research Training Initiative: Experiences and Accomplishments of the MEPI Junior D43 TW010128 Award in Uganda.Advances in medical education and practice · 2021Article
- Reproductive health issues, infections and non-communicable diseases.African health sciences · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundEpilepsy is a neurological disorder that has a high worldwide prevalence with eighty percent of the global burden being in low and middle-income countries. There is a high level of perceived stigma among children and adolescents with epilepsy, which has severe debilitating effects and affects school attendance.
objectiveTo assess the effect of perceived stigma on school attendance patterns among children and adolescents with epilepsy.
methodsWe conducted a cross sectional study among 191 children and adolescents aged from 6-18 years with epilepsy at one large semi-urban hospital and a small rural health center in SouthWestern Uganda. Epilepsy-related perceived stigma was measured using the adapted Kilifi Stigma Scale of Epilepsy and school attendance patterns were assessed using a piloted investigator-designed questionnaire.
resultsChildren with high-perceived stigma were more likely to have never attended school (13.8%) or started school late (average age 5.7 years) compared to those with low-perceived stigma (average age 4.9 years). Additionally, those with high epilepsy-related perceived stigma repeated classes 2.5 times more compared to those with low-perceived stigma.
conclusionThese preliminary findings suggest correlation between high-perceived stigma and disrupted school attendance patterns among children and adolescents with epilepsy, hence the need to address this social challenge.
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