Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al Jouf, KSA
2. College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, AlJouf, KSA
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a common disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal that causes recurrent seizures or periods of jerky movement of the whole body. Immediately after a seizure, people are often transiently confused, weak and unable to communicate. OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of school teachers towards an epileptic child. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among primary and secondary school teachers from different schools in Sakaka, Domat Al-Jandal, Al-Qurayyat, Tabarjal Northern region of Aljouf, Saudi Arabia. They were assessed on their KAP toward students with epilepsy using a self-administrated questionnaire. RESULTS: 306 respondents participated and completed the questionnaire. The practice was poor among the teachers. Practice scores were significantly different among the male and female teachers. Teachers would do the following to the seizing child: 159 (52%) would pull the child’s tongue out (p-value 0.012), 66 (21.6%) would put a spoon in the mouth (p-value 0.055), 43 (14.1%) would remove any tight clothes (p-value 0.009) and 244 (79.7 %) would take the child to the hospital (p-value 0.029). There were significant differences among senior teachers and those with longer years of teaching experience: 83.6% of teachers with > 20 years of teaching experience think that the student with epilepsy has no need of a special classroom (P = 0.053), 89.6% of those with > 20 years of teaching experience said that they did not move the child during seizure in comparison with less years of teaching experience (p = 0.048), in which 97% of those with experience > 20 years said that they would ensure normal breathing (p = 0.015). CONCLUSION: The majority of Aljouf schoolteachers were adequately knowledgeable about students with epilepsy, but they need more information about the correct way of practice towards the student with epilepsy.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Rehabilitation
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