Research Article
Knowledge about Epilepsy and Attitudes toward Students with Epilepsy among Middle and High School Teachers in Kuwait
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and teaching experience among teachers.
| | Characteristic | All | School level | | | Middle | High | | () | () | () | | (%) | | (%) | | (%) |
| | Sociodemographic characteristics | | | | | | | | | Gender | | | | | | | 0.220 | | Male | 454 | (55.1) | 239 | (59.2) | 215 | (51.2) | | | Female | 370 | (44.9) | 165 | (40.8) | 205 | (48.8) | | | Age, years | | | | | | | 0.330 | | <30 | 137 | (21.0) | 99 | (25.5) | 74 | (17.6) | | | 30–39 | 368 | (44.7) | 183 | (45.3) | 185 | (44.0) | | | 40–49 | 185 | (22.5) | 79 | (19.6) | 106 | (25.2) | | | ≥50 | 98 | (11.9) | 43 | (10.6) | 55 | (13.1) | | | Mean (SD) | 36.9 | (9.0) | 35.9 | (8.9) | 37.8 | (9.0) | 0.002 | | Nationality | | | | | | | <0.001 | | Kuwaiti | 340 | (41.3) | 193 | (47.8) | 147 | (35.0) | | | Non-Kuwaiti | 484 | (58.7) | 211 | (52.2) | 273 | (65.0) | | | Marital status | | | | | | | 0.578 | | Single | 106 | (12.9) | 57 | (14.1) | 49 | (11.7) | | | Married | 691 | (83.9) | 334 | (82.7) | 357 | (85.0) | | | Divorced/widowed | 27 | (3.3) | 13 | (3.2) | 14 | (3.3) | | | Number of children | | | | | | | 0.591 | | No children | 82 | (11.4) | 44 | (12.7) | 38 | (10.2) | | | 1–3 | 428 | (59.6) | 204 | (58.8) | 224 | (60.4) | | | ≥4 | 208 | (29.0) | 99 | (28.5) | 109 | (29.4) | | | Median (range) | 3 | (0–11) | 3 | (0–11) | 3 | (0–11) | 0.248 | | Highest level of education | | | | | | | 0.002 | | Intermediate diploma | 13 | (1.6) | 9 | (2.2) | 4 | (1.0) | | | University bachelor | 747 | (90.7) | 376 | (93.1) | 371 | (88.3) | | | High degree (M.S., Ph.D.) | 64 | (7.8) | 19 | (4.7) | 45 | (10.7) | |
| | Teaching experience | | | | | | | | | Position | | | | | | | 0.158 | | Teacher | 713 | (86.5) | 355 | (87.9) | 358 | (85.2) | | | Senior teacher | 87 | (10.6) | 35 | (8.7) | 52 | (12.4) | | | Vice principle/principle | 24 | (2.9) | 14 | (3.5) | 10 | (2.4) | | | Number of years working as a teacher | | | | | | | 0.026 | | <5 | 157 | (19.1) | 90 | (22.3) | 67 | (16.0) | | | 5–9 | 193 | (23.4) | 100 | (24.8) | 93 | (22.1) | | | 10–14 | 179 | (21.7) | 90 | (22.3) | 89 | (21.2) | | | 15–19 | 117 | (14.2) | 47 | (11.6) | 70 | (16.7) | | | ≥20 | 178 | (21.6) | 77 | (19.1) | 101 | (24.0) | | | Median (range) | 11 | (1–40) | 10 | (1–36) | 12 | (1–40) | 0.001 |
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(i) %: column%, (ii) SD: standard deviation, and (iii) frequencies may not add to the total due to missing values.
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