Aljafen Bandar, Alomar Majed, Abohamra Nawaf, Alanazy Mohammed, Al-Hussain Fawaz, Alhumayyd Ziad, Mohammad Yousef, Muayqil Taim
From the Division of Neurology (Aljafen, Alanazy, Al-hussain, Alhumayyd, Mohammad, Muayqil), Department of Internal Medicine, King Saud University Medical City and College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from National Neurosciences Institute (Alomar, Abohamra), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2020 Jan;25(1):43-49. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2020.1.20190051.
To investigate the levels of knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy surgery among neurologists in Saudi Arabia and evaluate the factors that affect the physicians` knowledge and attitudes.
A quantitative observational cross-sectional study conducted at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh. The data were collected using a newly developed, self-administered online questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 3 sections: demographic information, knowledge, and attitudes which then sent to neurologist in Saudi Arabia from December 2016 to March 2017.
A total of 106 neurologists met our inclusion criteria. Eighty percent of the participants had at least one epilepsy center in their city, and 78% indicated that they had access to adequate expertise and resources to enable the appropriate selection of epilepsy surgical candidates. Only 57.5% of the neurologists had a sufficient level of knowledge regarding epilepsy surgery. Neurologists with higher level of knowledge referred more patients to EMU and discussed epilepsy surgery more often with their patients. Overall, more than half of the neurologists (52.8%) had a positive attitude toward epilepsy surgery. There was a significantly positive correlation between the scores of knowledge and attitude (p less than 0.001).
Neurologists in Saudi Arabia appear to have moderate knowledge of and positive attitudes toward epilepsy surgery. The place of the last neurology certificate, type of practicing hospital, and access to expertise and resources, affected their knowledge. Adequate knowledge was positively correlated with attitude.
调查沙特阿拉伯神经科医生对癫痫手术的知识水平和态度，并评估影响医生知识和态度的因素。
在利雅得的沙特国王大学医学城进行了一项定量观察性横断面研究。数据通过新开发的、自我管理的在线问卷收集。问卷包含三个部分：人口统计学信息、知识和态度，于2016年12月至2017年3月发送给沙特阿拉伯的神经科医生。
共有106名神经科医生符合我们的纳入标准。80%的参与者所在城市至少有一个癫痫中心，78%的人表示他们有足够的专业知识和资源来适当选择癫痫手术候选人。只有57.5%的神经科医生对癫痫手术有足够的知识水平。知识水平较高的神经科医生将更多患者转诊至癫痫监测病房，并更频繁地与患者讨论癫痫手术。总体而言，超过一半的神经科医生（52.8%）对癫痫手术持积极态度。知识得分与态度得分之间存在显著正相关（p小于0.001）。
沙特阿拉伯的神经科医生对癫痫手术似乎有中等程度的了解且态度积极。最后获得神经学证书的地点、执业医院类型以及获得专业知识和资源的情况，影响了他们的知识水平。足够的知识与态度呈正相关。
