SynthesisEpilepsy & behavior : E&B2021
Healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitude, and perception of epilepsy surgery: A systematic review.
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- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding childhood epilepsy among parents of children with epilepsy: a questionnaire-based study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- New insights from MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for refractory epilepsy: a state-of-the-art overview.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Review
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards prevention and control of neurocysticercosis-related epilepsy in Northern Tanzania: A cross-sectional healthcare professional-based study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of epilepsy patients regarding the ketogenic diet therapy: A cross-sectional study.Epilepsia open · 2025Article
- Heterogeneous knowledge of childhood seizures and epilepsy care in Canadian healthcare Providers: Identifying the gaps.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Recent Trends in Surgical Approaches for Epilepsy Management.Cureus · 2024Review
- Delays in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: A cohort study.Epilepsia · 2024Article
- Status of epilepsy care delivery and referral in clinics, hospitals, and epilepsy centers in Japan: A nationwide survey.Epilepsia open · 2024Article
- Predictors of referral for long-term EEG monitoring for Medicare beneficiaries with drug-resistant epilepsy.Epilepsia open · 2023Article
- Knowledge of and Attitude towards Epilepsy among the Jordanian Community.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The role of implementation science in improving epilepsy surgery utilization.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2022Review
- Physicians' Perspectives on Presurgical Discussion and Shared Decision-Making in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery.Journal of child neurology · 2022Article
- Treatment gaps in epilepsy.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Review
- Knowledge and awareness toward surgical treatment of epilepsy among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
- Conceptualization and implementation of an interdisciplinary clinic for children with drug-resistant epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe epilepsy surgery treatment gap is well defined and secondary to a broad range of issues, including healthcare professionals' (HCPs') knowledge, attitude, and perception (KAP) toward epilepsy surgery. However, no previous systematic reviews investigated this important topic.
methodsThe systematic review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We identified a total of 652 articles from multiple databases using database-specific queries and included 65 articles for full-text review after screening the titles and abstracts of the articles. Finally, we selected 11 papers for qualitative analysis. We critically appraised the quality of the studies using the Joanna Briggs critical appraisal tool.
resultsThe qualitative analysis of the content identified several key reasons causing healthcare professional-related barriers to epilepsy surgery: inadequate knowledge and awareness about the role of epilepsy surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), poor identification and referral of patients with DRE, insufficient selection of candidates for presurgical workup, negative or ambivalent attitudes and perceptions regarding epilepsy surgery, deficient communication practices with patients regarding risk-benefit analysis of epilepsy surgery, and challenging coordination issues with the surgical referral. Neurologists with formal instruction in epilepsy, surgical exposure during training, participation in high volume epilepsy practice, or prior experience in surgical referral may refer more patients for surgical evaluation.
conclusionsWhile significant work has been conducted in a limited number of studies to explore HCPs' knowledge gap and educational need regarding epilepsy surgery, further research is needed in defining the learning goals, assessing and validating specific learning gaps among providers, defining the learning outcomes, optimizing the educational format, content, and outcome measures, and appraising the achieved results following the educational intervention.
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