Authors :
Presenting Author: Song Ee Youn, MD – Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine
Hyo Jeong Kim, Co-author – MD, Department of Pediatrics, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine; Won-Chul Shin, Correspond – MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
Rationale: We investigated
familiarity, knowledge and perception of stigma related to epilepsy by middle and high school students in Korean general population, and attempted to determine the factors related to perception of stigma toward epilepsy.
Methods: This study enrolled 4269 adolescents among general population in nationwide in Korea. They completed a 37-item questionnaire to allow the quantification of the familiarity, knowledge, and perception of stigma about epilepsy by online or offline.
Results: Thirty point three percent had either heard or read about epilepsy. Three point four percent knew anyone with epilepsy, including 25 students (0.6%) with epilepsy. Fewer than one percent (0.9%, 38 students) had attended a lecture or an education program about epilepsy. The Knowledge scores were significantly higher in girls than in boys (p < 0.001