Knowledge about Epilepsy and Attitudes toward Students with Epilepsy among Middle and High School Teachers in Kuwait
Table 7
Association of attitude score toward epilepsy with sociodemographic characteristics and teaching experience of teachers.
Characteristic
Attitude score
(Out of 15)
Median
(Range)
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
0.104
Male
10
(0–15)
Female
10
(0–15)
Age, years
0.095
<30
10
(0–15)
30–39
10
(0–15)
40–49
10
(0–15)
≥50
10
(0–14)
Nationality
<0.001
Kuwaiti
11
(0–15)
Non-Kuwaiti
10
(0–15)
Marital status
0.049
Single
9
(0–15)
Married
10
(0–15)
Divorced/widowed
10
(1–15)
Number of children
0.196
0
10
(0–15)
1–3
10
(0–15)
≥4
10
(0–15)
Highest level of education
0.167
Intermediate diploma
10
(0–14)
University bachelor
10
(0–15)
High degree (M.S., Ph.D.)
10
(0–15)
Teaching experience
Position
0.006
Teacher
10
(0–15)
Senior teacher
11
(0–15)
Vice principle/principle
11
(5–15)
Number of years working as a teacher
0.023
<5
10
(0–15)
5–9
9
(0–15)
10–14
10
(0–15)
15–19
11
(0–15)
≥20
10
(0–15)
values were generated using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test for comparing two groups and Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance test for more than two groups.
