Bagić Anto, Bagić Dragan, Zivković Ilija
Neurology & Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Suite 811, Kaufmann Medical Building, 3471 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Jun;15(2):170-8. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.02.044. Epub 2009 Mar 1.
Public knowledge of, perception of, and attitudes toward epilepsy in Croatia were assessed for the first time by asking 1000 randomly selected adults 12 questions. Ninety-seven percent of respondents had heard about epilepsy, 55% knew someone with epilepsy, and 44.6% had witnessed a seizure. Interviewees were quite ready to accept a person with epilepsy. Approximately 7% would object if their child played with a child with epilepsy, and 76% believed that a child with epilepsy could succeed as well as a child without epilepsy. Although 52.5% would approach a seizing person and help, 33.1% would call "911." Positive attitude correlated with knowing someone with epilepsy and/or witnessing a seizure. General awareness of epilepsy in Croatia approaches that of other developed countries, and the majority of the population expressed acceptance of and readiness to help people with epilepsy. These results are more favorable than expected and an encouraging foundation for further improvements in social acceptance of persons with epilepsy.
通过向1000名随机抽取的成年人询问12个问题，首次对克罗地亚公众对癫痫的了解、认知和态度进行了评估。97%的受访者听说过癫痫，55%认识患有癫痫的人，44.6%目睹过癫痫发作。受访者很愿意接纳癫痫患者。如果自己的孩子与癫痫患儿玩耍，约7%的人会反对，76%的人认为癫痫患儿能和非癫痫患儿一样取得成功。虽然52.5%的人会靠近正在发作的人并提供帮助，但33.1%的人会拨打“911”。积极态度与认识癫痫患者和/或目睹过癫痫发作相关。克罗地亚对癫痫的总体认知与其他发达国家相近，大多数民众表示愿意接纳并帮助癫痫患者。这些结果比预期更令人满意，为进一步提高社会对癫痫患者的接纳程度奠定了鼓舞人心的基础。
