introduct epilepsi continu increas worldwid unfortun mani high school student have inadequ knowledg negat belief toward diseas aim assess knowledg belief practic epilepsi among high school student central nepal materi method crosssect studi perform involv 1360 high school student from 33 privat school across bharatpur from june 2013 juli 2013 assess knowledg belief practic kbp epilepsi use standard questionnair the differ mean kbp score between differ sex religion those person know versus know someon epilepsi were assess use independ test pearson correl calcul assess relationship between kbp score age result 1360 particip 79 58 student had never heard read about epilepsi were consequ exclud from statist analysi onli 261 out 1360 192 had person known someon epilepsi the mean kbp score were 508 7412 173 respect statist signific differ were onli observ knowledg compon kbp score femal score higher than male interest student who had person known person epilepsi actual knew less than those who had known one also found signific negat correl between knowledg age conclus the overal knowledg belief practic appear inadequ emphas need further educ intervent

Lekhjung Thapa

Tirtha Raj Bhandari

Shakti Shrestha

Ramesh Sharma Poudel

Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices on Epilepsy among High School Students of Central Nepal

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Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices on Epilepsy among High School Students of Central Nepal