[Knowledge and attitude toward epilepsy among health area students]. / Conhecimentos e atitudes sobre epilepsia entre universitários da área da saúde.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 62(4): 1068-73, 2004 Dec.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15608971
Several studies in different countries show a lack of knowledge about epilepsy with consequent prejudice and discrimination to epileptic patients. We aim to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of health area junior and senior students. Simple self-administered questionnaires were applied to 290 junior students and to 274 senior students. Senior students had more familiarity, better knowledge about etiology and had a more positive perception about anticonvulsant medication. Positive attitudes about work were more common among senior students. Although, significant percentage of students had a lack of knowledge about epilepsy. A third of the respondents could use improper and potentially harmful measures during a seizure. Actions directed to increment the knowledge and attitudes of health area students could improve the quality of life of patients with epilepsy.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Ciências da Saúde
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Epilepsia
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Ocupações em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha