Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil
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Resumo: | OBJECTIVE: To verify awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy in Southern Brazil. METHOD: A questionnaire about familiarity with the disease, awareness and attitudes toward epileptics was applied to 832 inhabitants of Caxias do Sul. The answers were analyzed in three different groups: G1, non-university students; G2, university students up to the second year; and G3, university students with more than two years education and university graduates. RESULTS: University students and graduates are better informed regarding causes and treatment of epilepsy. Moreover, those interviewees present less negative attitudes toward epileptics. However, a large part of that group lacks some basic information on the disease. CONCLUSION: There is lack of information on epilepsy among Brazilians. Education campaigns should be carried out in order to clarify some aspects concerning epilepsy. |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern BrazilepilepsyknowledgeattitudesquestionnaireBrazilOBJECTIVE: To verify awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy in Southern Brazil. METHOD: A questionnaire about familiarity with the disease, awareness and attitudes toward epileptics was applied to 832 inhabitants of Caxias do Sul. The answers were analyzed in three different groups: G1, non-university students; G2, university students up to the second year; and G3, university students with more than two years education and university graduates. RESULTS: University students and graduates are better informed regarding causes and treatment of epilepsy. Moreover, those interviewees present less negative attitudes toward epileptics. However, a large part of that group lacks some basic information on the disease. CONCLUSION: There is lack of information on epilepsy among Brazilians. Education campaigns should be carried out in order to clarify some aspects concerning epilepsy.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO2007-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000700018Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.65 n.4b 2007reponame:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Neurologiainstacron:ABNEURO10.1590/S0004-282X2007000700018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFalavigna,AsdrubalTeles,Alisson RobertoRoth,FelipeVelho,Maíra CristinaRoxo,Marcelo Ricardo RosaDal Bosco,Alexandre LuizSilva,Roberta Castilhos daCarrer,TatianeMedina,Miguel Francisco de LessaSalvati,GustavoDahmer,CleitonBasso,MairaVedana,Viviane MariaMazzocchin,ThaísMosena,GabrielaRibeiro,Ricardo GilSiqueira,Tiago Adamieng2008-03-07T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0004-282X2007000700018Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/anphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revista.arquivos@abneuro.org1678-42270004-282Xopendoar:2008-03-07T00:00Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Neurologiafalse |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil Falavigna,Asdrubal epilepsy knowledge attitudes questionnaire Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Awareness, attitudes and perceptions on epilepsy in Southern Brazil |
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Falavigna,Asdrubal |
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Falavigna,Asdrubal Teles,Alisson Roberto Roth,Felipe Velho,Maíra Cristina Roxo,Marcelo Ricardo Rosa Dal Bosco,Alexandre Luiz Silva,Roberta Castilhos da Carrer,Tatiane Medina,Miguel Francisco de Lessa Salvati,Gustavo Dahmer,Cleiton Basso,Maira Vedana,Viviane Maria Mazzocchin,Thaís Mosena,Gabriela Ribeiro,Ricardo Gil Siqueira,Tiago Adami |
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Teles,Alisson Roberto Roth,Felipe Velho,Maíra Cristina Roxo,Marcelo Ricardo Rosa Dal Bosco,Alexandre Luiz Silva,Roberta Castilhos da Carrer,Tatiane Medina,Miguel Francisco de Lessa Salvati,Gustavo Dahmer,Cleiton Basso,Maira Vedana,Viviane Maria Mazzocchin,Thaís Mosena,Gabriela Ribeiro,Ricardo Gil Siqueira,Tiago Adami |
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Falavigna,Asdrubal Teles,Alisson Roberto Roth,Felipe Velho,Maíra Cristina Roxo,Marcelo Ricardo Rosa Dal Bosco,Alexandre Luiz Silva,Roberta Castilhos da Carrer,Tatiane Medina,Miguel Francisco de Lessa Salvati,Gustavo Dahmer,Cleiton Basso,Maira Vedana,Viviane Maria Mazzocchin,Thaís Mosena,Gabriela Ribeiro,Ricardo Gil Siqueira,Tiago Adami |
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epilepsy knowledge attitudes questionnaire Brazil |
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epilepsy knowledge attitudes questionnaire Brazil |
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OBJECTIVE: To verify awareness and attitudes toward epilepsy in Southern Brazil. METHOD: A questionnaire about familiarity with the disease, awareness and attitudes toward epileptics was applied to 832 inhabitants of Caxias do Sul. The answers were analyzed in three different groups: G1, non-university students; G2, university students up to the second year; and G3, university students with more than two years education and university graduates. RESULTS: University students and graduates are better informed regarding causes and treatment of epilepsy. Moreover, those interviewees present less negative attitudes toward epileptics. However, a large part of that group lacks some basic information on the disease. CONCLUSION: There is lack of information on epilepsy among Brazilians. Education campaigns should be carried out in order to clarify some aspects concerning epilepsy. |
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