Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin D02 YN77, Ireland; Neuroethics Canada, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada.
Neuroethics Canada, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada; Department of Integrated Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada.
Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Oct;111:107200. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107200. Epub 2020 Jun 13.
Media coverage of disorders and medical advancements can impact public perception regarding the riskiness, effectiveness, and accessibility of treatment options. We studied that coverage for epilepsy with a focus on surgical interventions and emerging neurotechnologies.
Epilepsy-related English language articles published through 2019 were retrieved from online International news media with a circulation of 80,000 or above. We used directed content analysis of news articles to code content into a priori categories both to identify salient themes and to characterize their valence.
One hundred forty-six unique articles matched our search terms. Overall, there was a steady increase in epilepsy reporting over time, with a majority of articles published with a positive tone. Neuromodulation was the focus of over 50% of all the articles in the time points analyzed. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and deep-brain stimulation (DBS) were discussed more prominently than other types of neurotechnological interventions; VNS was the neurotechnological focus in 39% of the pediatric articles; resective surgery was the focus in 34% of adult articles. Access, support, and epilepsy literacy were the central themes in the context of ethical, legal, and social issues.
News media can influence the trust that the public places in science and medicine, and by extension, influences health policy. As innovations in neurotechnology for epilepsy emerge, understanding of individual and societal values is essential to their beneficial evolution and translation to care.
媒体对疾病和医学进展的报道可能会影响公众对治疗选择的风险、效果和可及性的看法。我们研究了癫痫的报道，重点是手术干预和新兴的神经技术。
从发行量在 8 万或以上的在线国际新闻媒体中检索到了 2019 年以前发表的与癫痫相关的英语语言文章。我们使用有针对性的内容分析方法对新闻文章进行编码，将内容归入预先确定的类别，以确定突出的主题并描述其性质。
有 146 篇独特的文章符合我们的搜索条件。总的来说，随着时间的推移，癫痫的报道稳步增加，大多数文章的基调都是积极的。神经调节是分析时间段内所有文章的 50%以上的焦点。迷走神经刺激(VNS)和深部脑刺激(DBS)比其他类型的神经技术干预更受关注；VNS 是儿科文章中 39%的神经技术焦点；切除性手术是成人文章中 34%的焦点。在伦理、法律和社会问题的背景下，获得、支持和癫痫知识普及是核心主题。
新闻媒体可以影响公众对科学和医学的信任，进而影响卫生政策。随着神经技术在癫痫中的创新不断涌现，了解个人和社会价值观对于它们的有益发展和转化为护理至关重要。
