Research Article

Public Knowledge and Attitude towards Epilepsy and Its Associated Factors: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study, Ethiopia, 2019

Table 2

Attitude towards people living with epilepsy in Debre Berhan, 2019.

Attitude towards epilepsyStrongly agree (%)Agree (%)Disagree (%)Strongly disagree (%)

Agree to work with epileptics141 (23.7)289 (48.5)103 (17.3)63 (10.6)
Agree to have close relation with epileptics129 (21.6)271 (45.5)127 (21.3)69 (11.6
Agree to live together with epileptics114 (19.1)251 (42.1)140 (23.5)91 (15.3)
Epileptics should not be isolated280 (47)244 (40.9)53 (8.9)19 (3.2)
Epileptics can manage their family142 (23.8)304 (51)100 (16.8)50 (8.4)
Agree to shake hands of epileptics251 (42.1)274 (46)36 (6)35 (5.9)
Keep child from contacting epileptics120 (20.1)244 (40.9)137 (23)95 (15.9)
Agree to recruit epileptics as a servant74 (12.4)182 (30.4)235 (39.4)105 (17.6)
Agree with family member marry epileptics72 (12.1)177 (29.7)221 (37.1)126 (21.1)
Epilepsy is treatable disease168 (28.2)290 (48.7)84 (14.1)54 (9.1)
Epileptics should not learn in schools259 (43.5)195 (32.7)77 (12.9)65 (10.9)
Epileptics can lead a healthy lifestyle154 (25.8)273 (45.8)125 (21)44 (7.4)