Public awareness and attitudes towards epilepsy in Tehran, Iran
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Public awareness and attitudes towards epilepsy in Tehran, Iran
Background Epilepsy is a prototypical, stigmatised disorder. Numerous studies have been conducted regarding the public perception of epilepsy, but they are primarily from high-income western countries; few studies have taken place in low- to middle-income countries with a traditional culture and a religious orientation. Objective The public knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy in Tehran, Ir...
متن کاملPublic awareness and attitudes towards epilepsy in the United Arab Emirates
The aim of this paper is to obtain an initial estimate of people awareness, attitudes and understanding towards epilepsy and to provide a basis for international comparisons. A cross-sectional study conducted during 1995 in Al-Ain City, Dubai and Sharjah Emirates, United Arab Emirates (UAE). We used a simple questionnaire following a two-stage sampling technique. A total of 1050 subjects aged 1...
متن کاملpersian true and false cognates in english: students and teachers’ attitudes, awareness, and instruction
the ability to speak two languages in the world is a remarkable achievement. there is a good reason to believe that bilingualism is the norm for the majority of people in the world because 70% of the earth’s population are supposed to be bilingual or multilingual. various investigations have shown that the native language impacts foreign word recognition, and this influence is adapted by the de...
Awareness, understanding and attitudes towards epilepsy among Iranian ethnic groups
OBJECTIVE This study is an attempt to identify and specify the differences among five major Iranian ethnic groups, i.e. Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, and Arab regarding their awareness, understanding and attitudes towards epilepsy and their beliefs about the treatment of epilepsy. METHOD This survey was carried out cross-sectionally on a sample containing 500 participants from five major ethnic ...
متن کاملPublic knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy in Jordan
BACKGROUND Social acceptances of people with epilepsy very often constitute a considerable problem for patients and their family. Nationwide opinion polls on the public knowledge and attitudes towards epilepsy have been reported from several countries. The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitudes of the Jordanian public towards epilepsy, which have not been verified before...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Global Health Action
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1654-9716,1654-9880
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21618