Knowledge and Attitudes of Jordanian University Students Toward Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Comparison Study
| Autor: | Mohammed ALBashtawy, Fadwa Alhalaiqa, Ibraheem Bashayreh, Suhair Hussni Al-Ghabeesh, Rami Masa'Deh, Omar Al Omari, Abdul-Monim Batiha |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Adolescent Universities education Stigma (botany) Face (sociological concept) Disease Education Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Epilepsy 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Students Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030206 dentistry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Comparison study Female Students Nursing Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Quarterly of Community Health Education. 38:75-82 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3519 0272-684X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0272684x17749569 |
| Popis: | People with epilepsy face stigma which arguably causes more suffering than the disease itself. The purpose of this study is to compare the knowledge and attitudes of nursing with nonnursing Jordanian university students toward epilepsy. A cross-sectional comparative, quantitative study was conducted. A newly structured questionnaire was developed to collect related data. The results revealed that there were 145(30.5%) nursing students and 331 (69.5%) nonnursing students with mean age of the participants was 22.9 years ( SD = 4.7) and 60% of them were men. Although the majority of the Jordanian university students were aware of epilepsy, their knowledge varied according to their major subject of study. Nursing students possessed a good knowledge of, and more positive attitudes toward, epilepsy compared with other nonnursing students. Therefore, universities are required to improve the knowledge of their students about epilepsy by integrating education about health and first aid course into their curriculum. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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