Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Padjajaran/Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sam Ratulangi/Prof RD Kandou Hospital, Manado, Indonesia.
Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Oct;123:108244. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108244. Epub 2021 Aug 27.
Indonesia is the largest island country in the world with diverse ethnicity and cultural backgrounds. This study aimed to understand the variation in attitudes toward epilepsy among the Javanese, Sundanese, and the Minahasa ethnic groups in Indonesia.
This study recruited Sundanese from Tasikmalaya and Minahasan from Manado using the Indonesian Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale. The results were compared to the Javanese and Malaysian data in previous studies.
A total of 200 respondents, 100 from each ethnic group were recruited, with a mean age of 38.51 years. They were predominantly females (54%) and had secondary education level or lower (56.67%). The Javanese had a higher total mean score, indicating poorer attitudes toward epilepsy, as compared to the Minahasan and Sundanese groups. These differences were noted in the personal domain, but not the general domain. There were no significant differences in the mean scores in both personal and general domains between the Minahasan, Sundanese, and Malaysian populations. Subanalysis on the aspects of life showed that the Javanese had a significantly higher score in the aspects of education, marital relationship, and employment.
The attitudes toward epilepsy were similar between the Indonesian (Sundanese and the Minahasan) and Malaysian, except the Javanese with poorer attitude. These differences could be socioeconomically or culturally related.
印度尼西亚是世界上最大的岛国，拥有多样的种族和文化背景。本研究旨在了解印度尼西亚爪哇族、巽他族和米纳哈萨族群体对癫痫的态度差异。
本研究通过印度尼西亚公众对癫痫的态度（PATE）量表招募了塔西玛拉雅的巽他人和万鸦老的米纳哈萨人。结果与之前研究中爪哇人和马来西亚的数据进行了比较。
共招募了 200 名受访者，每个族群各 100 名，平均年龄为 38.51 岁。他们主要是女性（54%），教育程度为中学或以下（56.67%）。爪哇族的总平均得分较高，表明他们对癫痫的态度较差，与米纳哈萨族和巽他族群体相比。这些差异在个人领域中有所体现，但在一般领域中则没有。米纳哈萨族、巽他族和马来西亚人群在个人和一般领域的平均得分均无显著差异。对生活方面的亚组分析表明，在教育、婚姻关系和就业方面，爪哇族的得分明显更高。
印度尼西亚（巽他族和米纳哈萨族）和马来西亚的癫痫态度相似，除了爪哇族的态度较差。这些差异可能与社会经济或文化有关。
