Knowledge about Epilepsy and Attitudes toward Students with Epilepsy among Middle and High School Teachers in Kuwait

Table 8

Association of attitudes score toward epilepsy with teachers’ self-reported experience with epilepsy.

Experience item	Attitude score
	(Out of 15)
	Median	(Range)
Have you ever dealt with a person with epilepsy?			<0.001
Yes	11	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Does any member of your family have epilepsy?			0.002
Yes	11	(2–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Have you been a teacher of a student with epilepsy?			0.002
Yes	11	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Are you currently a teacher of a student with epilepsy?			0.363
Yes	10	(4–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Are you aware of the life circumstances of persons with epilepsy?			<0.001
Yes	11	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Will you be prepared to handle a seizure if one of your students had a fit during class?			<0.001
Yes	11	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Do you think you have sufficient training in first-aid management of seizures?			0.559
Yes	10	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Are you aware of the different types of seizures and what they look like?			0.629
Yes	10	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)
Would you like to have more general knowledge about epilepsy?			<0.001
Yes	10	(0–15)
No	8	(0–15)
Would you like to have more information about how to respond when a student is having a seizure?			<0.001
Yes	10	(0–15)
No	8	(0–15)
Have you received adequate training about seizure management and epilepsy in your teaching training?			0.515
Yes	9	(0–15)
No	10	(0–15)

values were generated using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test for comparing two groups.