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The effect of a seminar on medical students' information acquisition of and attitudes toward epilepsy

dc.contributor.coauthorYeni, Kubra
dc.contributor.coauthorTulek, Zeliha
dc.contributor.coauthorCavusoglu, Aysel
dc.contributor.coauthorBebek, Nerses
dc.contributor.coauthorBaykan, Betul
dc.contributor.coauthorGokyigit, Aysen
dc.contributor.departmentKUH (Koç University Hospital)
dc.contributor.kuauthorGürses, Rabia Candan
dc.contributor.kuprofileFaculty Member
dc.contributor.yokid110149
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T22:49:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of a brief seminar focusing on medical and social aspects of epilepsy on information acquisition of and attitudes toward epilepsy among medical school students. Method: The sample of this pretest-posttest study consisted of 57 fifth-grade medical students. The students participated in a one-hour seminar including medical and social aspects of epilepsy. An epilepsy-related awareness form developed by researchers and also the Epilepsy Attitude Scale were applied to the participants before and after the seminar. Results: It was determined that half of the students (50.9%) encountered an epileptic seizure and 12.3% of them applied first aid. The students had difficulty in describing the seizure type before education. Before education, the rate of describing the seizure was 47.4% for myoclonic seizure, 50.9% for simple partial seizure, and 64.9% for absence seizure, and after education, these rates increased to 82.5% (p < 0.001), 91.2% (p < 0.001), and 98.2% (p < 0.001), respectively. Students generally well described the seizure triggering factors; however, the rate of students reporting the menstrual period as triggering factors were lower (66.7%), and the rates increased after the education (93.0%) (p = 0.001). The percentages of correct answers increased also for the questions regarding seizure first aid. The percentage of students who felt competent for seizure first-aid management increased from 12.3% to 91.2% (p < 0.001) after the education. The correct response rates of students for social aspects of epilepsy was generally high. In our study, attitude toward epilepsy was also evaluated. After the education, a mild increase in the attitude score of students was found (p = 0.009). Although it is minimal, the number of students who marked more positive attitude increased for each item of the Attitude scale. Conclusion: Although a lack of acquaintance was found in some areas, awareness of epilepsy in our sample was at a moderate level. This study showed a positive effect of the education given to students on information acquisition and attitude. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.indexedbyPubMed
dc.description.openaccessNO
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.volume116
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107720
dc.identifier.eissn1525-5069
dc.identifier.issn1525-5050
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85099611978
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107720
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/6503
dc.identifier.wos617709000006
dc.keywordsEpilepsy
dc.keywordsMedical students
dc.keywordsAwareness
dc.keywordsAttitude
dc.keywordsEducation
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc Elsevier Science
dc.sourceEpilepsy & Behavior
dc.subjectBehavioral sciences
dc.subjectClinical neurology
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.titleThe effect of a seminar on medical students' information acquisition of and attitudes toward epilepsy
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorGürses, Rabia Candan
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