High school students' knowledge, attitude, and practice with respect to epilepsy in Kerala, southern India

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dc.contributorPandian, Jeyaraj D.
dc.contributorSantosh, Deetha
dc.contributorKumar, T. Santosh
dc.contributorSarma, P. Sankara
dc.contributorRadhakrishnan, Kurupath
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-04T11:44:15Z
dc.date.available2012-12-04T11:44:15Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractVery little information is available on knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) with respect to epilepsy among schoolchildren from developing countries. We quantified KAP with respect to epilepsy among 1213 tenth-grade students of Kerala, southern India. Ninety-eight percent of them had heard or read about epilepsy. However, nearly 60% of students thought that epilepsy was a form of insanity. Allopathic treatment was preferred by more than half of the respondents; however, many had faith in exorcism and visiting religious places as ways to cure epilepsy. Half of the students considered epilepsy a hindrance to education, employment, and marriage. Thirteen percent would be unwilling to sit adjacent to or play with a child with epilepsy. We conclude that although familiarity with epilepsy was high among high school students in Kerala, misconceptions and negative attitudes were alarmingly high. Persistent and effective information campaigns, therefore, are necessary to change their attitudes toward fellow students with epilepsy. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.citationEPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR. 9; 3; 492-497en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16971188
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/568
dc.publisherEPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectNeurology
dc.titleHigh school students' knowledge, attitude, and practice with respect to epilepsy in Kerala, southern India
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