Research Article
Knowledge about Epilepsy and Attitudes toward Students with Epilepsy among Middle and High School Teachers in Kuwait
Table 5
Association of knowledge score about epilepsy with teachers’ self-reported experience with epilepsy.
| Experience item | Knowledge score | | (Out of 13) | Median | (Range) |
| Have you ever dealt with a person with epilepsy? | | | <0.001 | Yes | 6 | (0–12) | | No | 5 | (0–11) | | Does any member of your family have epilepsy? | | | <0.001 | Yes | 7 | (2–12) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Have you been a teacher of a student with epilepsy? | | | 0.005 | Yes | 6 | (0–11) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Are you currently a teacher of a student with epilepsy? | | | 0.109 | Yes | 6 | (2–10) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Are you aware of the life circumstances of persons with epilepsy? | | | <0.001 | Yes | 6 | (0–12) | | No | 5 | (0–11) | | Will you be prepared to handle a seizure if one of your students had a fit during class? | | | <0.001 | Yes | 6 | (0–12) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Do you think you have sufficient training in first-aid management of seizures? | | | <0.001 | Yes | 6 | (1–11) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Are you aware of the different types of seizures and what they look like? | | | 0.002 | Yes | 6 | (0–10) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Would you like to have more general knowledge about epilepsy? | | | 0.037 | Yes | 5 | (0–12) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | | Would you like to have more information about how to respond when a student is having a seizure? | | | 0.116 | Yes | 5 | (0–12) | | No | 5 | (0–11) | | Have you received adequate training about seizure management and epilepsy in your teaching training? | | | 0.159 | Yes | 6 | (0–9) | | No | 5 | (0–12) | |
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values were generated using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test for comparing two groups.
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