| Autor: |
Fonseca LC; Faculdade de Medicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, SP, Brazil. lineu@mpc.com.br, Tedrus GM, Costa AC, Luciano PQ, Costa KC |
| Jazyk: |
portugalština |
| Zdroj: |
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria [Arq Neuropsiquiatr] 2004 Dec; Vol. 62 (4), pp. 1068-73. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Dec 15. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0004-282x2004000600025 |
| Abstrakt: |
Several studies in different countries show a lack of knowledge about epilepsy with consequent prejudice and discrimination to epileptic patients. We aim to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of health area junior and senior students. Simple self-administered questionnaires were applied to 290 junior students and to 274 senior students. Senior students had more familiarity, better knowledge about etiology and had a more positive perception about anticonvulsant medication. Positive attitudes about work were more common among senior students. Although, significant percentage of students had a lack of knowledge about epilepsy. A third of the respondents could use improper and potentially harmful measures during a seizure. Actions directed to increment the knowledge and attitudes of health area students could improve the quality of life of patients with epilepsy. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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