Al-Adawi Samir, Al-Salmy Hamoud, Martin Roger G, Al-Naamani Aziz, Prabhakar Subhashini, Deleu Dirk, Moosa Samira, Dorvlo Atsu S S
Department of Behavioural Medicine and Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Seizure. 2003 Jan;12(1):11-8. doi: 10.1016/s1059131102001504.
Improving patients' knowledge has been suggested to improve their symptoms and prognosis. Very little is known about epileptic patient's knowledge of their illness in cross-cultural settings. This pilot study investigated what Omani patients know about their disorder. Patients attending a tertiary hospital completed a structured knowledge questionnaire to elicit information pertaining to aetiology, safety, compliance with medication regimes, legal and employment issues concerning epilepsy.Although correctly endorsing issues related to their medication, this cross-cultural sample was found to have limited knowledge about their condition. In particular, most patients were unable to give accurate indications of epilepsy, neither were they able to give correct responses to questions pertaining to safety and compliance. There is a need for improving patient's knowledge. As with other chronic disorders, people with epilepsy in Oman should receive systematic health education about how to manage the condition most effectively.
有人提出，提高患者的认知水平有助于改善其症状和预后。在跨文化背景下，对于癫痫患者对自身疾病的了解程度知之甚少。这项试点研究调查了阿曼患者对自身疾病的了解情况。在一家三级医院就诊的患者完成了一份结构化的知识问卷，以获取有关病因、安全、药物治疗依从性、与癫痫相关的法律和就业问题等方面的信息。尽管该跨文化样本在与药物相关问题上回答正确，但发现他们对自身病情的了解有限。特别是，大多数患者无法准确指出癫痫的症状，也不能正确回答有关安全和依从性的问题。有必要提高患者的认知水平。与其他慢性疾病一样，阿曼的癫痫患者应接受关于如何最有效管理病情的系统健康教育。
