Bangkok Child Health Center, Bangkok Hospital Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Apr;17(4):497-505. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.01.164. Epub 2010 Mar 1.
The purpose of this nationwide survey was to assess familiarity with and knowledge of epilepsy, as well as to identify predictors of negative attitudes toward people with epilepsy, in Thailand. Of the 1581 people interviewed, 80.8% were familiar with the word epilepsy, but few knew anyone with the condition. The main reason given for avoiding helping a seizure victim was a lack of proper first-aid knowledge, not a negative attitude toward the person. The factors predicting negative attitudes in the Thai population were low educational level, unfamiliarity with epilepsy, and the misconception that epilepsy is a form of insanity. Different from most previous studies worldwide, the attitudes of friends and parents toward people with epilepsy were strongly positive. Social awareness of the public organization Epilepsy Society of Thailand was low; only 4.6% of the respondents knew about it. These data should be considered in a nationwide strategy to alleviate social discrimination against people with epilepsy.
这项全国性调查的目的是评估泰国民众对癫痫的熟悉程度和了解程度，以及确定导致民众对癫痫患者产生负面态度的因素。在接受采访的 1581 人中，80.8%的人熟悉“癫痫”一词，但很少有人认识患有这种疾病的人。避免帮助癫痫发作患者的主要原因是缺乏适当的急救知识，而不是对该患者的负面态度。预测泰国人群中负面态度的因素是教育水平低、对癫痫不熟悉以及误解癫痫是一种精神错乱。与世界上大多数先前的研究不同，癫痫患者的朋友和父母的态度非常积极。公众对泰国癫痫协会的组织的认识程度较低；只有 4.6%的受访者知道该协会。在减轻社会对癫痫患者的歧视的全国性战略中，应该考虑这些数据。
