Abstract
Improving patients' knowledge has been suggested to improve their symptoms and prognosis. Very little is known about epileptic patient's knowledge of their illness in cross-cultural settings. This pilot study investigated what Omani patients know about their disorder. Patients attending a tertiary hospital completed a structured knowledge questionnaire to elicit information pertaining to aetiology, safety, compliance with medication regimes, legal and employment issues concerning epilepsy. Although correctly endorsing issues related to their medication, this cross-cultural sample was found to have limited knowledge about their condition. In particular, most patients were unable to give accurate indications of epilepsy, neither were they able to give correct responses to questions pertaining to safety and compliance. There is a need for improving patient's knowledge. As with other chronic disorders, people with epilepsy in Oman should receive systematic health education about how to manage the condition most effectively.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 11-18 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Seizure |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2003 |
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Keywords
- Arab
- Attitude
- Cross culture
- Epilepsy
- Knowledge
- Oman
- Questionaire
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Neurology
- Psychology(all)
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Patient's perspective on epilepsy : Self knowledge among Omanis. / Al-Adawi, Samir; Al-Salmy, Hamoud; Martin, Roger G.; Al-Naamani, Aziz; Prabhakar, Subhashini; Deleu, Dirk; Moosa, Samira; Dorvlo, Atsu S S.
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AU - Al-Adawi, Samir
AU - Al-Salmy, Hamoud
AU - Martin, Roger G.
AU - Al-Naamani, Aziz
AU - Prabhakar, Subhashini
AU - Deleu, Dirk
AU - Moosa, Samira
AU - Dorvlo, Atsu S S
PY - 2003/1
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N2 - Improving patients' knowledge has been suggested to improve their symptoms and prognosis. Very little is known about epileptic patient's knowledge of their illness in cross-cultural settings. This pilot study investigated what Omani patients know about their disorder. Patients attending a tertiary hospital completed a structured knowledge questionnaire to elicit information pertaining to aetiology, safety, compliance with medication regimes, legal and employment issues concerning epilepsy. Although correctly endorsing issues related to their medication, this cross-cultural sample was found to have limited knowledge about their condition. In particular, most patients were unable to give accurate indications of epilepsy, neither were they able to give correct responses to questions pertaining to safety and compliance. There is a need for improving patient's knowledge. As with other chronic disorders, people with epilepsy in Oman should receive systematic health education about how to manage the condition most effectively.
AB - Improving patients' knowledge has been suggested to improve their symptoms and prognosis. Very little is known about epileptic patient's knowledge of their illness in cross-cultural settings. This pilot study investigated what Omani patients know about their disorder. Patients attending a tertiary hospital completed a structured knowledge questionnaire to elicit information pertaining to aetiology, safety, compliance with medication regimes, legal and employment issues concerning epilepsy. Although correctly endorsing issues related to their medication, this cross-cultural sample was found to have limited knowledge about their condition. In particular, most patients were unable to give accurate indications of epilepsy, neither were they able to give correct responses to questions pertaining to safety and compliance. There is a need for improving patient's knowledge. As with other chronic disorders, people with epilepsy in Oman should receive systematic health education about how to manage the condition most effectively.
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KW - Cross culture
KW - Epilepsy
KW - Knowledge
KW - Oman
KW - Questionaire
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JO - Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association
JF - Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association
SN - 1059-1311
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