Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; An-Najah BioSciences Unit, Centre for Poisons Control, Chemical and Biological Analyses, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.
Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Aug;109:107126. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107126. Epub 2020 May 18.
This study was conducted to assess the degree of agreement of Palestinian nursing students with recommendations and key messages to eliminate/reduce epilepsy stigma and change perception of the general public about epilepsy and people with epilepsy (PWE).
A cross-sectional observational study was conducted among undergraduate nursing students. The study tool was a questionnaire with 24 items which collected the sociodemographic and academic characteristics of the participants (6 items) and agreements with 18 recommendations and key messages to eliminate/reduce epilepsy stigma.
A total of 342 nursing students completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 68.4%. The participants agreed with the 6 recommendations to inform media, improve awareness, and educate the general public on epilepsy (agreement rates: 87.7% to 92.4%), 4 recommendations to coordinate efforts to improve awareness and educate the general public on epilepsy and PWE (agreement rates: 89.8% to 93.0%), and 8 key messages to eliminate/reduce epilepsy stigma (agreement rates: 70.2% to 93.9%). In general, female students tended to express significantly higher levels of agreement with the recommendations and key messages (p-value < 0.05).
Results of the present study highlighted the importance of involving nurses and future nurses in eliminating/reducing epilepsy stigma and changing perception of the general public about epilepsy and PWE. Further studies are to be conducted to investigate if these recommendations and messages can eliminate or significantly reduce epilepsy stigma and change perception of the general public about epilepsy and PWE.
本研究旨在评估巴勒斯坦护理专业学生对消除/减少癫痫耻辱感的建议和关键信息以及改变公众对癫痫和癫痫患者（PWE）的看法的认同程度。
本研究为横断面观察性研究，对象为本科护理专业学生。研究工具是一份包含 24 个项目的问卷，收集参与者的社会人口统计学和学术特征（6 个项目）以及对 18 项消除/减少癫痫耻辱感的建议和关键信息的认同程度。
共有 342 名护理专业学生完成了问卷，应答率为 68.4%。参与者同意 6 项建议，包括向媒体通报、提高认识和教育公众了解癫痫（认同率：87.7%至 92.4%）、4 项协调努力提高公众对癫痫和 PWE 的认识和教育的建议（认同率：89.8%至 93.0%）以及 8 项消除/减少癫痫耻辱感的关键信息（认同率：70.2%至 93.9%）。总的来说，女学生对建议和关键信息的认同程度显著高于男学生（p 值<0.05）。
本研究结果强调了在消除/减少癫痫耻辱感和改变公众对癫痫和 PWE 的看法方面，需要让护士和未来的护士参与进来。需要进一步研究这些建议和信息是否可以消除或显著减少癫痫耻辱感，改变公众对癫痫和 PWE 的看法。
