Asnakew Sintayehu, Legas Getasew, Belete Amsalu, Tadele Admasu Fitalew, Demilie Kassaw, Alebachew Bayih Wubet, Sisay Chanie Ermias, Tamire Negash Tadese, Yideg Yitbarek Getachew
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine College of Health Science, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Department of Biomedical Science, College of Health Science of Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2020 Dec 30;15:100422. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100422. eCollection 2021.
Misconception about epilepsy in Ethiopia is higher which in turn affects overall quality of life of the individuals. This research was aimed to assess knowledge and attitude of the community towards epilepsy in Northwest Ethiopia.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Data was entered by Epi data version 4.2 and analyzed by SPSS version 24. Descriptive and analytical statistical procedures, with 95% confidence interval were employed and significance level was determined at p-value < 0.05.
A total of 782 respondents were participated with the response rate of 96.1%. About 66.2% of respondents had poor knowledge and 67.0% had unfavorable attitude, towards epilepsy.In multivariate logistic regression, younger age, rural resident, not knew someone with epilepsy, did not have witness of seizure episode, and did not take prior training were associated with poor knowledge. Male sex, rural resident, did not know someone with epilepsy, did not have witness of seizure episode, did not take prior training, and had poor knowledge were associated with unfavorable attitude towards epilepsy.
Majority of participants had poor knowledge and unfavorable attitude. Public education about epilepsy is recommended to modify misconceptions and to promote positive attitudes.
埃塞俄比亚对癫痫的误解程度较高，这反过来又影响了个人的整体生活质量。本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚西北部社区对癫痫的认知和态度。
开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。数据通过Epi数据4.2版录入，并使用SPSS 24版进行分析。采用描述性和分析性统计程序，置信区间为95%，显著性水平确定为p值<0.05。
共有782名受访者参与，回复率为96.1%。约66.2%的受访者对癫痫知识了解不足，67.0%的受访者对癫痫持负面态度。在多因素逻辑回归分析中，年龄较小、居住在农村、不认识癫痫患者、没有目睹过癫痫发作以及未接受过相关培训与知识欠缺有关。男性、农村居民、不认识癫痫患者、没有目睹过癫痫发作、未接受过相关培训以及知识欠缺与对癫痫的负面态度有关。
大多数参与者知识欠缺且态度负面。建议开展关于癫痫的公众教育，以纠正误解并促进积极态度。
