Epilepsy-related knowledge and attitudes of nursing students
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Tarih
2026
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Asean Neurological Assoc
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Objective: This study aimed to determine the epilepsy-related knowledge and attitudes of nursing students. Method: The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted on 986 nursing students from the nursing faculty of a state university in eastern T & uuml;rkiye. Data were collected using a sociodemographic information form, the Epilepsy Knowledge Scale, and the Epilepsy Attitudes Scale. internal consistency coefficient were used for data analysis. Results: The average age of participants was 21.18 +/- 1.79 years, with 67.2% being female, 27.5% 4th-year students, and 89.5% did not have a family member with epilepsy. The mean scores for the Epilepsy Knowledge Scale and the Epilepsy Attitudes Scale were 9.65 +/- 4.04 and 57.16 +/- 7.85, respectively. Gender, academic year, source of information, personal experience witnessing an epileptic seizure, providing care to an epilepsy patient, and the location of witnessing a seizure were significant predictors of epilepsy-related knowledge. Gender and knowledge about epilepsy were significant predictors of attitudes towards epilepsy. Conclusion: The study revealed that nursing students had moderate levels of knowledge about epilepsy and positive attitudes towards the condition.
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Epilepsy Knowledge, Epilepsy Attitudes, Nursing Student
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Neurology Asia
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Q4
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Q4
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31
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1
