Institut de Neurologie Tropicale, Université de Limoges, Limoges, France.
Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Jan;17(1):82-6. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.014. Epub 2009 Nov 11.
The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of people living in two French counties. The data were collected from 1777 adults in the general population who were interviewed. Knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy in these French samples proved largely favorable: 90.6% identified epilepsy as different from a mental disorder or lunacy, and 79.2% correctly identified epilepsy as a brain disorder. The majority agreed with the statements that people with epilepsy should have the opportunity to get married and that children with epilepsy should be allowed to go to school with others. However, gaps in knowledge and erroneous beliefs prevailed, notably among men, old people, and individuals with low levels of education. This study yielded encouraging results. However, further studies are needed to confirm these findings and gain a better understanding of the contribution of French public knowledge to the causative factors generating stigma in France.
本研究旨在评估居住在法国两个县的人群的知识和态度。数据来自于对 1777 名普通人群进行的访谈。这些法国样本对癫痫的知识和态度在很大程度上是有利的：90.6%的人将癫痫识别为不同于精神障碍或疯狂，79.2%的人正确地将癫痫识别为大脑障碍。大多数人同意以下说法：癫痫患者应该有结婚的机会，癫痫儿童应该可以与其他人一起上学。然而，知识差距和错误的信念仍然存在，特别是在男性、老年人和教育程度低的人群中。这项研究取得了令人鼓舞的结果。然而，需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现，并更好地了解法国公众知识对产生法国污名化的致病因素的贡献。
