Department of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Jan;17(1):56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.011. Epub 2009 Nov 12.
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious chronic brain disorders of childhood and carries a strong social stigma. It has been generally accepted that educational programs can be beneficial in reducing the stigma of a number of chronic diseases such as epilepsy. In this article, we describe the first Turkish survey of primary school students' knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy and the effect of an epilepsy education program on the understanding of epilepsy in schoolchildren attending three different upper-middle schools in the city of Ankara. The epilepsy education program was found to be associated with a significant increase in knowledge of and positive attitudes toward epilepsy. In addition, students at higher socioeconomic levels performed better on both pre- and posttests. This emphasizes the importance of an educational program and the need for continued information and support for education about epilepsy.
癫痫是儿童期最常见的严重慢性脑部疾病之一，带有强烈的社会耻辱感。人们普遍认为，教育项目可以有益于减少许多慢性疾病（如癫痫）的耻辱感。在本文中，我们描述了土耳其对小学生对癫痫的认识和态度的首次调查，以及癫痫教育计划对安卡拉市三所不同中学的学龄儿童对癫痫的理解的影响。癫痫教育计划与对癫痫的认识和积极态度的显著提高有关。此外，社会经济水平较高的学生在前后测中表现更好。这强调了教育计划的重要性以及对癫痫教育的持续信息和支持的必要性。
