Assessment of knowledge and Attitude and Practice of Parents towards Epilepsy among Children in Abha City

Document Type : Original Article

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1 King Khalid University

2 King Abdulaziz University

Abstract

Background: Supporting information and high levels of awareness among parents could support the needs of the children and help in managing the outcomes of epilepsy.
Objectives: Studying the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of Saudi parents in Abha City regarding epilepsy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Methods: It is a cross sectional study that was conducted during the period from February 2018 to May 2018 at Abha City, Saudi Arabia among 440 parents. The study tool was a questionnaire that consists of 20 questions regarding subject’s demographics, knowledge, attitude and practice pattern.
Results: All the included parents rated the word epilepsy as common for them. Most of the subjects knows that epilepsy can be treated (84.3%), 90.9% knew that epilepsy is associated with hereditary and 52.5% recognized that epilepsy can be caused by trauma or stroke but only 21.1% only knew that epilepsy could be treated by surgery. The knowledge of most of the respondents was adequate among 68.2%. The attitude score was adequate among 76.4% of the parents. The practice score was adequate among 72.5% of the parents. Conclusion: Most of Saudi parents in Abha showed adequate awareness about epilepsy among children which showed adequate attitude and practice pattern. This is suggestive to increasing the chances of management of the disease and decreasing the risk factors and complications of misconceptions.

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Volume 72, Issue 3
July 2018
Pages 4060-4063

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