Perceptions of epilepsy of three different groups in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorDegirmenci, Yildiz
dc.contributor.authorKaraman, Handan Isin Ozisik
dc.contributor.authorBakar, Coskun
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:54:03Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:54:03Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjective: Our aim was to investigate epilepsy-related knowledge, behavior, perceptions, and attitudes of people with epilepsy, their relatives, and a control group (390 participants in total) at the State Hospital Neurology Clinic, Yuksekova City, Turkey. Methods: The Survey of Epileptic Patient Relatives on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Regarding the Disorder was used and included questions about descriptive characteristics, familiarity with epilepsy, attitudes toward epilepsy, and understanding of epilepsy. Data on SPSS 15.0 software were analyzed with the chi(2) test. Results: Patients (95.3%), their relatives (89.2%), and controls (63.3%) felt primarily fear when they heard the diagnosis of epilepsy. Most participants would not let their child marry a person with epilepsy, with no statistically significant difference between groups (P>0.05). Patients (66.7%) and relatives (70%) saw no problem in people with epilepsy having children; there was a statistically significant difference between groups on this point because of the control group's response (31.5%) (P<0.05). Conclusion: Patients and relatives showed similar attitudes and behaviors, perhaps because they had common information and experience regarding the disorder. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.015
dc.identifier.endpage+
dc.identifier.issn1525-5050
dc.identifier.issn1525-5069
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.pmid20880758
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-78649909094
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage315
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.015
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25956
dc.identifier.volume19
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000285451600020
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc Elsevier Science
dc.relation.ispartofEpilepsy & Behavior
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectEpilepsy perception
dc.subjectUnderstanding epilepsy
dc.subjectFamiliarity with epilepsy
dc.subjectAttitudes toward epilepsy
dc.subjectStigma
dc.titlePerceptions of epilepsy of three different groups in Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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