Department of Nursing, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 1161 Coronel Antônio Luíz St, Crato, CE 63105-010, Brazil.
Natural Products Pharmacology Laboratory, Department of Biological Chemistry, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE 63105-010, Brazil.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Feb 15;18(4):1875. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041875.
Non-pharmacological therapy related to traditional, magical, and/or religious treatments for managing recurrent and non-recurrent seizures in children persists in several traditional communities. The research aims to investigate the concepts, beliefs, and types of traditional treatments used for cases of seizures in children reported by residents of a quilombola community.
The research took place in the quilombo community Sítio Arruda, Ceará, northeastern Brazil. The study population consisted of 19 participants, including healers, prayers, and midwives. Applied a socioeconomic form and a semi-structured interview script. For data analysis, the Discourse of the Collective Speech (DCS) technique was used.
For the questions asked, a total of 14 central ideas were found. The most prevalent was seizure is the most common type of disease in children (50.0%); The seizure occurs because of the fever (42.0%); In the community, we treat and prevent seizures with the use of plants (63.2%).
The present study's results addressed relevant issues that include valuing and understanding the traditional knowledge of the community, access to health services, and the need for clarification actions about seizures.
在一些传统社区，与传统、神奇或宗教治疗相关的非药物疗法仍然存在于针对儿童复发性和非复发性癫痫的治疗中。本研究旨在调查报告中关于儿童癫痫病例的传统治疗概念、信念和类型。
该研究在巴西东北部塞阿拉州的 quilombola 社区 Sítio Arruda 进行。研究人群包括 19 名治疗师、祈祷者和助产士。应用了社会经济形式和半结构化访谈脚本。对于数据分析，使用了集体话语的话语分析（DCS）技术。
针对提出的问题，共发现了 14 个中心思想。最常见的是癫痫是儿童最常见的疾病类型（50.0%）；癫痫是由于发烧引起的（42.0%）；在社区中，我们使用植物来治疗和预防癫痫（63.2%）。
本研究的结果涉及了一些重要问题，包括重视和理解社区的传统知识、获得卫生服务以及对癫痫发作需要澄清行动。
