Research Article
The Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception towards Epilepsy amongst Medical Students in Uyo, Southern Nigeria
Table 1
Awareness and proposed causes of epilepsy.
| | | Heard | Know | Evil spirit | Witchcraft | Palm oil | Trauma | Birth injuries | Infections | Brain tumours | Stroke |
| | Basic | 120
(99.17%) | 40
(33.05%) | 18
(14.88%) | 11
(9.09%) | 10
(8.26%) | 54
(44.63%) | 57
(47.11%) | 44
(36.35%) | 87
(71.90%) | 52
(42.98%) |
| | Clinical | 109
(98.2%) | 68
(61.26%) | 6
(5.41%) | 6
(5.41%) | 3
(2.70%) | 92
(82.88%) | 95
(85.59%) | 89
(80.18%) | 98
(88.29%) | 63
(56.76%) |
| | value | 0.946 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 0.040 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.109 |
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