Health Research for Action, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704-7388, USA.
Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Feb;17(2):221-7. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.11.023. Epub 2010 Jan 6.
We conducted, in four languages, the first national cross-sectional survey of the knowledge, attitudes, and practice with respect to epilepsy of Chinese- and Vietnamese-American adults. We used a convenience sampling method to recruit 2831 adults in seven states. Eighty-four percent had heard or read of epilepsy and 58% had seen a seizure, whereas only 34% knew someone with epilepsy. Forty-two percent would object to their children marrying a person with epilepsy, and 43% would not knowingly hire someone with epilepsy. We examined bivariate associations for questions of knowledge, attitudes, and practice with age, gender, ethnicity, nativity, language, and education. chi(2) analyses showed differences in knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy by age group, gender, ethnicity, and education. Although misconceptions and negative views about epilepsy are held by Chinese and Vietnamese populations living in the United States, our results show noteworthy differences in attitudes and practice in relation to previous studies in Asian countries.
我们用四种语言，对中美和越美成年人的癫痫知识、态度和实践进行了首次全国性的横断面调查。我们采用便利抽样方法在七个州招募了 2831 名成年人。84%的人听说过或读过癫痫，58%的人见过癫痫发作，而只有 34%的人认识癫痫患者。42%的人会反对自己的孩子与癫痫患者结婚，43%的人不会故意雇佣癫痫患者。我们考察了知识、态度和实践相关问题的单变量关联，包括年龄、性别、族裔、出生地点、语言和教育程度。卡方分析显示，年龄组、性别、族裔和教育程度不同，对癫痫的认识和态度也不同。尽管生活在美国的华裔和越南裔人群对癫痫存在误解和负面看法，但与亚洲国家此前的研究相比，我们的研究结果显示出在态度和实践方面存在显著差异。
