Prejudice towards chronic diseases: Comparison among epilepsy, AIDS and diabetes
| Autor: | Fernanda Doretto Barbosa, Priscila Camile Barioni Salgado, Elisabete Abib Pedroso de Souza, Li M. Li, Ana L.A. Noronha, Paula Teixeira Fernandes, Josemir W. Sander |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Population Clinical Neurology Stigma (botany) Epilepsy Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Diabetes mellitus Perception Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans Child education Psychiatry Prejudice (legal term) Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome education.field_of_study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Seizure Confidence interval Scale Stigma Neurology Chronic Disease Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology Attitude to Health Brazil Prejudice |
| Zdroj: | Seizure. 16:320-323 |
| ISSN: | 1059-1311 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.01.008 |
| Popis: | Summary Introduction Diseases have an additional negative meaning but with different magnitude. Epilepsy is considered a stigmatizing condition; however its magnitude is unknown in our society, a limited-resource country, as Brazil. Purpose To compare the stigma perception of epilepsy to other two chronic conditions: AIDS and diabetes in the city of Campinas, Brazil. Methods We interviewed people in two situations: on the streets (145 randomly selected people) and during a Meeting of Epilepsy (86 people). We asked three questions "What score would you rate for the prejudice that general population has towards: epilepsy, AIDS and diabetes" . The score ranges from 0 (no prejudice) to 10 (maximum prejudice), and was displayed to the interviewee in the format of a ruler. Results The median (upper and lower 95% confidence interval) prejudice score of lay people was 9 (7.8–8.6) for AIDS, 7 (6.1–7.0) for epilepsy and 2 (2.5–3.5) for diabetes. The median prejudice score of people with epilepsy and relatives was 9 (6.9–8.1) for AIDS, 7 (6.4–7.5) for epilepsy and 2.5 (2.9–4.2) for diabetes. Discussion There is a difference in the perception of prejudice towards people with chronic diseases; AIDS had the highest level of stigma and diabetes the lowest, and epilepsy was in the intermediate position but closer to AIDS. |
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