Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University

Ibtihaj Atiah Alruwaili; Wijdan Abdulmohsen Al-zahrani; Abdulrahman Bader Almazyad; Nawaf Abdalwahab Almndil; Rehana Basri

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IJMDC. 2019; 3(12): 1037-1042

doi: 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University

Ibtihaj Atiah Alruwaili, Wijdan Abdulmohsen Al-zahrani, Abdulrahman Bader Almazyad, Nawaf Abdalwahab Almndil, Rehana Basri.

Abstract
Background: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a high prevalence. Epilepsy is a brain disorder which is characterized by recurrent seizures. This study was done to assess the knowledge, awareness and attitude on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Jouf University.

Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted through questionnaire among 523 participants of health care students in Jouf university and studied in five different specialties: Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy and Laboratory Assistants.

Results: The knowledge about epilepsy was high among participants. Around 82.6% had heard or read about epilepsy. Majority of participants of all specialties (39.4%) reported that epilepsy is a brain disease and only 3.4% thought it was acquired through accident. Regarding treatment of epilepsy, majority reported treatment by medication (59.7%) in all specialties. 69.4% of all participants believed that epilepsy is not a contagious disease, the proportion was observed highest in medicine students (16.6%), as compared to nursing (15.7%), physiotherapy (14%), pharmacy (14%), and laboratory assistants (9.2%) (p=0.042). In attitude towards epilepsy, 60.4% said that there was no need of special classes for epileptic children. Where 56.4% would employ someone with epilepsy. However, 58.5% of them would not marry someone with epilepsy.

Conclusion: The knowledge and awareness of participants of the study was of favorable level and the attitude was good. However, there is still a need to improve certain aspects of attitude and understanding of epilepsy among university students.

Key words: knowledge, Awareness, Attitudes ,Students , Epilepsy

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Alruwaili IA, Al-zahrani WA, Almazyad AB, Almndil NA, Basri R. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. IJMDC. 2019; 3(12): 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili IA, Al-zahrani WA, Almazyad AB, Almndil NA, Basri R. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=62331 [Access: March 26, 2024]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili IA, Al-zahrani WA, Almazyad AB, Almndil NA, Basri R. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. IJMDC. 2019; 3(12): 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili IA, Al-zahrani WA, Almazyad AB, Almndil NA, Basri R. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. IJMDC. (2019), [cited March 26, 2024]; 3(12): 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili, I. A., Al-zahrani, . W. A., Almazyad, . A. B., Almndil, . N. A. & Basri, . R. (2019) Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. IJMDC, 3 (12), 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili, Ibtihaj Atiah, Wijdan Abdulmohsen Al-zahrani, Abdulrahman Bader Almazyad, Nawaf Abdalwahab Almndil, and Rehana Basri. 2019. Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 3 (12), 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili, Ibtihaj Atiah, Wijdan Abdulmohsen Al-zahrani, Abdulrahman Bader Almazyad, Nawaf Abdalwahab Almndil, and Rehana Basri. "Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 3 (2019), 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili, Ibtihaj Atiah, Wijdan Abdulmohsen Al-zahrani, Abdulrahman Bader Almazyad, Nawaf Abdalwahab Almndil, and Rehana Basri. "Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 3.12 (2019), 1037-1042. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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Alruwaili, I. A., Al-zahrani, . W. A., Almazyad, . A. B., Almndil, . N. A. & Basri, . R. (2019) Knowledge, awareness, and attitude of the health care students towards epilepsy in Jouf University. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 3 (12), 1037-1042. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1566493985

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