Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil
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Summary: | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the awareness on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in a private university. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire about epilepsy was applied to 417 students at Universidade de Caxias do Sul. The answers were analyzed in two groups: group 1, medical and nursing students; group 2, psychology, physiotherapy and nutrition students. RESULTS: Most of the students were familiar with the disease. Although many of them recognize brain disease as a cause of seizure, it was observed that a quarter of them linked epilepsy with mental disease. Besides, a relevant portion of the sample presents mistaken attitudes on seizure management. CONCLUSION: There is lack of information on epilepsy among these students. The students and the health care professionals are important vectors of information. Therefore, further discussion on this subject is necessary in health care training to demystify some aspects concerning the disease. |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern BrazilEpilepsyknowledgestudentsuniversityquestionnaireBrazilOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the awareness on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in a private university. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire about epilepsy was applied to 417 students at Universidade de Caxias do Sul. The answers were analyzed in two groups: group 1, medical and nursing students; group 2, psychology, physiotherapy and nutrition students. RESULTS: Most of the students were familiar with the disease. Although many of them recognize brain disease as a cause of seizure, it was observed that a quarter of them linked epilepsy with mental disease. Besides, a relevant portion of the sample presents mistaken attitudes on seizure management. CONCLUSION: There is lack of information on epilepsy among these students. The students and the health care professionals are important vectors of information. Therefore, further discussion on this subject is necessary in health care training to demystify some aspects concerning the disease.Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE)2009-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-26492009000100005Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology v.15 n.1 2009reponame:Journal of epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology (Online)instname:Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE)instacron:LBE10.1590/S1676-26492009000100005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFalavigna,AsdrubalTeles,Alisson RobertoRoxo,Marcelo Ricardo RosaVelho,Maíra CristinaSilva,Roberta Castilhos daMazzocchin,ThaísVedana,Viviane Mariaeng2009-08-17T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1676-26492009000100005Revistahttp://epilepsia.org.br/publicacoes/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||jecnpoa@terra.com.br1980-53651676-2649opendoar:2009-08-17T00:00Journal of epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology (Online) - Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE)false |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil Falavigna,Asdrubal Epilepsy knowledge students university questionnaire Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness and attitudes on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in Southern Brazil |
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Falavigna,Asdrubal |
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Falavigna,Asdrubal Teles,Alisson Roberto Roxo,Marcelo Ricardo Rosa Velho,Maíra Cristina Silva,Roberta Castilhos da Mazzocchin,Thaís Vedana,Viviane Maria |
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Teles,Alisson Roberto Roxo,Marcelo Ricardo Rosa Velho,Maíra Cristina Silva,Roberta Castilhos da Mazzocchin,Thaís Vedana,Viviane Maria |
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Falavigna,Asdrubal Teles,Alisson Roberto Roxo,Marcelo Ricardo Rosa Velho,Maíra Cristina Silva,Roberta Castilhos da Mazzocchin,Thaís Vedana,Viviane Maria |
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Epilepsy knowledge students university questionnaire Brazil |
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Epilepsy knowledge students university questionnaire Brazil |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the awareness on epilepsy among undergraduate health care students in a private university. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire about epilepsy was applied to 417 students at Universidade de Caxias do Sul. The answers were analyzed in two groups: group 1, medical and nursing students; group 2, psychology, physiotherapy and nutrition students. RESULTS: Most of the students were familiar with the disease. Although many of them recognize brain disease as a cause of seizure, it was observed that a quarter of them linked epilepsy with mental disease. Besides, a relevant portion of the sample presents mistaken attitudes on seizure management. CONCLUSION: There is lack of information on epilepsy among these students. The students and the health care professionals are important vectors of information. Therefore, further discussion on this subject is necessary in health care training to demystify some aspects concerning the disease. |
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