Research Article
Community’s Perception and Attitude towards People with Epilepsy in Ethiopia
Table 4
Participant’s perceived impacts and attitude towards people with epilepsy.
| Variable | Yes/no | Frequency (%) |
| Impacts of epilepsy | Unable to work | Yes | 464 (66.2) | No | 237 (33.8) | Economic problem | Yes | 445 (63.5) | No | 256 (36.5) | Social dysfunction | Yes | 447 (63.8) | No | 254 (36.2) | Susceptibility | Yes | 462 (65.9) | No | 239 (34.1) | Death | Yes | 501 (71.5) | No | 200 (28.5) | Attitude towards people with epilepsy | Will you employ a person with epilepsy? | No | 660 (94.2) | Yes | 41 (5.8) | Will you allow family member to marry a person with epilepsy? | No | 654 (93.3) | Yes | 47 (6.7) | Will you allow having in the same house with mentally ill? | No | 430 (61.3) | Yes | 271 (38.7) | Will you allow having a neighbor with epilepsy? | No | 256 (36.5) | Yes | 445 (63.5) | Do you think a person with epilepsy can learn, work? | No | 351 (50.1) | Yes | 350 (49.9) | Do you think epilepsy is manageable? | No | 203 (29) | Yes | 498 (71) |
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