Beliefs and Attitudes about Childhood Epilepsy among School Teachers in Two Cities of Southeast Brazil

Table 14

Appropriate beliefs and attitudes of teachers.

Subscales	Items	Content
Neurological	6	I believe that a serious illness (measles, malaria, high fever, dengue, meningitis, and other) that affects the brain can make a child like John have epilepsy
	15	I believe that a doctor is the best person to assist a child like John
	19	I believe that a child like John inherits epilepsy from a parent (mother or father)
	23	I believe that birth injury can result in epilepsy in a child like John
	37	I believe that a genetic defect can cause epilepsy in a child as John
Metaphysical	41	I believe that people's faith in a higher power helps to deal with epilepsy
Environmental/psychophysical	17	I believe that a child like John can swim when accompanied by their parents
	20	I believe that parents of a child as John have difficulty accepting that their child has epilepsy
	22	I believe that a child like John must participate in all physical activities at school
	28	I believe that a child like John may have more seizures when he does not sleep well
	36	I believe that the parents of a child as John continually fear the possibility of their child having a seizure at any time
	42	I believe that seizures can make a child as John seems confused