Current knowledge about epilepsy and associated psychosocial conditions

• Autorzy: Dorota Talarska , Joanna Stanislawska , Magdalena Strugala , Patrycja Talarska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Introduction. Social knowledge about epilepsy has significant influence on shaping attitudes towards people with this disorder. Aim. The aim of the article was to find out an answer to the following question: How does the level of knowledge and perceiving people with epilepsy differ across societies of different countries? Material and methods. We evaluated 30 publications published between 2000 and 2013 on measuring the knowledge about epilepsy and psycho-social functioning of people with epilepsy. The articles were divided into five groups (including five continents): Europe-14 articles: six from Poland and eight from other countries, one from New Zealand, five from America, six from Asia and four from Africa. Discussion and conclusions. Despite widespread occurrence of the disorder in the world, the level of knowledge about epilepsy is low. Most authors, but also respondents, still postulate the necessity to introduce education on the matter to various age groups. The best form of communication used by the respondents is the media.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

epilepsy; knowledge; psychosocial conditions

• Czasopismo: Journal of Epileptology
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 22
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 25-36

Daty

wydano

2014-06-01

otrzymano

2014-04-23

zaakceptowano

2014-06-18

online

2015-03-01

Twórcy

autor

Dorota Talarska

• Chair of Preventive Medicine at Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan

autor

Joanna Stanislawska

• Chair of Preventive Medicine at Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan

autor

Magdalena Strugala

• Chair of Preventive Medicine at Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan

autor

Patrycja Talarska

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan,

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DOI

10.1515/joepi-2015-0012