학술논문
Knowledge gap exists among caregivers of adults compared to caregivers of children with epilepsy: A comparative analysis from a low resource setting
Document Type
article
Source
Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, Vol 18, Iss , Pp 100528- (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2589-9864
Abstract
Caregivers of adults (CG-A) and caregivers of children (CG-C) may differ in their knowledge, attitude and behavior and hence their education requirements during epilepsy counseling could vary. This study compares the current knowledge, attitudes, behavior during a seizure, presence of myths surrounding epilepsy and ability to recognize seizures among a sample of CG-A and CG-C. Caregivers of children and adult patients with minimum 6 months history of epilepsy were enrolled. Information was collected using a questionnaire about clinical and demographic details and five domains (KAP-plus); knowledge, attitude, behavior, presence of myths and a video data for identification of focal impaired awareness seizures (FIAS) and generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS). There were 132 CG-A and 127 CG-C. CG-C were younger and better educated compared to CG-A (formal education of 64.6% vs 44.7% p = 0.001). CG-A and CG-C were comparable in the knowledge and attitude domains. CG-A scored less than CG-C in the domains of behavior (15.5 vs 16.8 p =