Knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy surgery among neurologists in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Yousef Mohammad, Fawaz Al-Hussain, Ziad Alhumayyd, Nawaf Abohamra, Majed Alomar, Bandar N. Aljafen, Mohammed H. Alanazy, Taim Muayqil |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Neurology Attitude of Health Personnel education MEDLINE Saudi Arabia Computer-assisted web interviewing Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences Epilepsy Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires mental disorders Medicine Humans Epilepsy surgery Neurologists Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Observational study Original Article Female Neurology (clinical) business Inclusion (education) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Neurosciences |
| ISSN: | 1319-6138 |
| Popis: | Objective To investigate the levels of knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy surgery among neurologists in Saudi Arabia and evaluate the factors that affect the physicians` knowledge and attitudes. Methods A quantitative observational cross-sectional study conducted at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh. The data were collected using a newly developed, self-administered online questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 3 sections: demographic information, knowledge, and attitudes which then sent to neurologist in Saudi Arabia from December 2016 to March 2017. Results A total of 106 neurologists met our inclusion criteria. Eighty percent of the participants had at least one epilepsy center in their city, and 78% indicated that they had access to adequate expertise and resources to enable the appropriate selection of epilepsy surgical candidates. Only 57.5% of the neurologists had a sufficient level of knowledge regarding epilepsy surgery. Neurologists with higher level of knowledge referred more patients to EMU and discussed epilepsy surgery more often with their patients. Overall, more than half of the neurologists (52.8%) had a positive attitude toward epilepsy surgery. There was a significantly positive correlation between the scores of knowledge and attitude (p less than 0.001). Conclusion Neurologists in Saudi Arabia appear to have moderate knowledge of and positive attitudes toward epilepsy surgery. The place of the last neurology certificate, type of practicing hospital, and access to expertise and resources, affected their knowledge. Adequate knowledge was positively correlated with attitude. |
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