Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM

Epilepsy is a most common neurological disease among children. Epilepsy is still a highly misunderstood disease that can cause misconception and social misunderstanding. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness and practices ofepilepsy. A cross sectional descriptive design was...

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Main Author:	Muhamad, Nurul Asyikin
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	R Medicine
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spelling	my-usm-ep.510262022-01-02T03:47:33Z Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM 2020-06 Muhamad, Nurul Asyikin R Medicine Epilepsy is a most common neurological disease among children. Epilepsy is still a highly misunderstood disease that can cause misconception and social misunderstanding. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness and practices ofepilepsy. A cross sectional descriptive design was used for this study. A sample of 62 cafegivers at pediatric wards was taken by using simple random sampling method. Instrument used for this study was set of questioner compose of demographic data, caregiver’s knowledge, awareness and practices ofepilepsy. Scoring was based on dichotomous questions. For each correct answer one point will be assigned. Data was analyzed on SPSS (version 24) and results were presented in tables. The findings revealed that more than half (62.9%) had a satisfactory knowledge, 33.9% had a good knowledge and 3.2% had a ppor knowledge of epilepsy. Other than that majority 45.2% of the respondents had a moderate awareness, 29% had a good awareness and 25.8% had a poor awareness. Moreover, 80.6% had a good practice, 17.8% had a moderate practice and 1.6% had a poor practice.There was significant linear relationship between level of knowledge of epilespsy with level of practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM.p value = 0.031 (<0.05), thus reject null hypothesis. r = 0.274, the relationship is weak and positive. In conclusion, the study findings showed a requirement for adequate information, well-organized epilepsy programs and proper practice of epilepsy among caregivers for reduction epilepsy disease in Malays 2020-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/51026/ http://eprints.usm.my/51026/1/Nurul%20Asyikin-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
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spellingShingle	R Medicine Muhamad, Nurul Asyikin Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM
description	Epilepsy is a most common neurological disease among children. Epilepsy is still a highly misunderstood disease that can cause misconception and social misunderstanding. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, awareness and practices ofepilepsy. A cross sectional descriptive design was used for this study. A sample of 62 cafegivers at pediatric wards was taken by using simple random sampling method. Instrument used for this study was set of questioner compose of demographic data, caregiver’s knowledge, awareness and practices ofepilepsy. Scoring was based on dichotomous questions. For each correct answer one point will be assigned. Data was analyzed on SPSS (version 24) and results were presented in tables. The findings revealed that more than half (62.9%) had a satisfactory knowledge, 33.9% had a good knowledge and 3.2% had a ppor knowledge of epilepsy. Other than that majority 45.2% of the respondents had a moderate awareness, 29% had a good awareness and 25.8% had a poor awareness. Moreover, 80.6% had a good practice, 17.8% had a moderate practice and 1.6% had a poor practice.There was significant linear relationship between level of knowledge of epilespsy with level of practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM.p value = 0.031 (<0.05), thus reject null hypothesis. r = 0.274, the relationship is weak and positive. In conclusion, the study findings showed a requirement for adequate information, well-organized epilepsy programs and proper practice of epilepsy among caregivers for reduction epilepsy disease in Malays
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Muhamad, Nurul Asyikin
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title	Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM
title_short	Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM
title_full	Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM
title_fullStr	Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM
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granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.usm.my/51026/1/Nurul%20Asyikin-24%20pages.pdf
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Knowledge, awareness and practice of epilepsy among caregivers in pediatric wards at Hospital USM

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