瑜伽与癫痫：患者的认知如何？
Yoga and epilepsy: What do patients perceive?
机构信息
Department of Psychiatry, Advanced Center for Yoga, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
出版信息
Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;55(Suppl 3):S390-3. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.116306.
CONTEXT
Benefit of yoga therapy in the management of epilepsy is emerging. However, there is no data available about the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of yoga amongst people living with epilepsy (PLWE).
AIMS
This study was designed to explore the KAP about yoga among PLWE.
SETTINGS AND DESIGN
The study was conducted on 300 PLWE attending the neurology out-patient services of a tertiary care hospital.
METHODOLOGY
Three hundred PLWE (male:female=173:127; age: 31.6±12.4 years) attending the neurology out-patient services of a neuropsychiatry hospital were administered a pre-tested KAP questionnaire.
RESULTS
About 87.4% were on regular anti-epileptic drugs and half (50.3%) on monotherapy. Use of complementary and alternative medicine by the respondents included: Ayurveda (26.7%), yoga (25.6%) and homeopathy (16.3%) or folk medicine (29.1%). Nearly 33.7% of the respondents reported that yoga is beneficial in managing epilepsy. More than half the respondents (54.8%) were willing to practice yoga. Those who practiced yoga opined that regular practice of yoga might reduce dosage of medication (62.8%), their side effects (51.3%) and frequency of seizures (54.5%). Majority of the patients were willing to practice yoga, if yoga services were offered.
CONCLUSION
The gaps in KAP identified in this study point to the need for more systematic effort to bring about awareness of yoga in patients with epilepsy.
背景
瑜伽疗法在癫痫管理中的益处正在显现。然而，目前尚无关于癫痫患者（PLWE）对瑜伽的了解、态度和实践（KAP）的数据。
目的
本研究旨在探讨 PLWE 对瑜伽的 KAP。
设置和设计
该研究在一家三级护理医院的神经科门诊对 300 名 PLWE 进行了研究。
方法
对 300 名 PLWE（男性：女性=173:127；年龄：31.6±12.4 岁）进行了预先测试的 KAP 问卷。
结果
约 87.4%的患者正在服用常规抗癫痫药物，其中一半（50.3%）接受单一药物治疗。受访者使用的补充和替代医学包括：阿育吠陀（26.7%）、瑜伽（25.6%）和顺势疗法（16.3%）或民间医学（29.1%）。近 33.7%的受访者报告瑜伽有益于管理癫痫。超过一半的受访者（54.8%）愿意练习瑜伽。那些练习瑜伽的人认为，规律的瑜伽练习可能会减少药物剂量（62.8%）、副作用（51.3%）和癫痫发作频率（54.5%）。如果提供瑜伽服务，大多数患者都愿意练习瑜伽。
结论
本研究中发现的 KAP 差距表明，需要做出更系统的努力，使癫痫患者了解瑜伽。
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