Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization

Background. Epilepsy remains one of the most stigmatized diseases; patients still experience multiple problems with education, employment, social functioning and family creation. Reducing the stigma will help to increase socialization of epileptic patients, hence, improving their quality of life.Obj...

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Main Authors: O. V. Belyaev, E. A. Zharkina, T. I. Konovalova
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Language:Russian
Published: ABV-press 2018-01-01
Series:Русский журнал детской неврологии
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Online Access:https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/232
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author O. V. Belyaev
E. A. Zharkina
T. I. Konovalova
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description Background. Epilepsy remains one of the most stigmatized diseases; patients still experience multiple problems with education, employment, social functioning and family creation. Reducing the stigma will help to increase socialization of epileptic patients, hence, improving their quality of life.Objective: to assess the degree of awareness about epilepsy amongst junior and senior students of the Volgograd State Medical University (VolSMU) and to estimate the level of stigmatization of epilepsy. Materials and methods. For the purpose of the study, we developed a questionnaire containing 12 questions. A total of 508 students of medical and pediatric faculties of the VolSMU participated in the anonymous survey. Statistical data analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel. Conclusions. Despite the increasing awareness about epilepsy and first aid for this category of patients, senior students of the VolSMU still have erroneous social stereotypes about patients with epilepsy.
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spelling doaj-art-0d913d6025eb4a859c604eefefeb2cda2025-08-20T02:56:07ZrusABV-pressРусский журнал детской неврологии2073-88032412-91782018-01-01124213110.17650/2073-8803-2017-12-4-21-31164Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatizationO. V. Belyaev0E. A. Zharkina1T. I. Konovalova2Volgograd State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Medical Center of Neurology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy “EpiCenter”.Volgograd State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Medical Center of Neurology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy “EpiCenter”.Volgograd State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Medical Center of Neurology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy “EpiCenter”.Background. Epilepsy remains one of the most stigmatized diseases; patients still experience multiple problems with education, employment, social functioning and family creation. Reducing the stigma will help to increase socialization of epileptic patients, hence, improving their quality of life.Objective: to assess the degree of awareness about epilepsy amongst junior and senior students of the Volgograd State Medical University (VolSMU) and to estimate the level of stigmatization of epilepsy. Materials and methods. For the purpose of the study, we developed a questionnaire containing 12 questions. A total of 508 students of medical and pediatric faculties of the VolSMU participated in the anonymous survey. Statistical data analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel. Conclusions. Despite the increasing awareness about epilepsy and first aid for this category of patients, senior students of the VolSMU still have erroneous social stereotypes about patients with epilepsy.https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/232epilepsystigmatizationquality of life
spellingShingle O. V. Belyaev
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T. I. Konovalova
Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
Русский журнал детской неврологии
epilepsy
stigmatization
quality of life
title Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
title_full Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
title_fullStr Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
title_short Assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
title_sort assessment of awareness about epilepsy amongst students of the volgograd state medical university and estimation of epilepsy stigmatization
topic epilepsy
stigmatization
quality of life
url https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/232
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