Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)

Moussa Toudou-Daouda,1 Abdoul Kadir Ibrahim-Mamadou2 1Department of Neurology, National Hospital of Niamey, Niamey, Niger; 2Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Regional Hospital Center of Tahoua, Tahoua, NigerCorrespondence: Moussa Toudou-DaoudaDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:babf2a6ceaf84a018f1629ce8b2dd1622021-12-02T12:15:56ZTeachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/babf2a6ceaf84a018f1629ce8b2dd1622020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/teachersrsquo-knowledge-about-epilepsy-and-their-attitudes-toward-stud-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021Moussa Toudou-Daouda,1 Abdoul Kadir Ibrahim-Mamadou2 1Department of Neurology, National Hospital of Niamey, Niamey, Niger; 2Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Regional Hospital Center of Tahoua, Tahoua, NigerCorrespondence: Moussa Toudou-DaoudaDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital of Niamey, PO Box 238, Niamey, NigerEmail moussatoudou@gmail.comPurpose: In this survey, first, we aimed to investigate the views held about epilepsy of primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Tahoua (Niger, a Sub-Saharan African country), and secondarily, how their experience and knowledge about epilepsy influence their attitudes towards school children with epilepsy.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out between November and December 2019. We used a self-administered questionnaire survey in French-language comprising sociodemographic part, and knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy part. Composite scores of knowledge and attitudes were calculated, and statistical analyses were performed to assess their association with sociodemographic characteristics.Results: Two hundred eighty-four (284) school teachers had agreed to answer the questionnaire survey, among which 25% had already witnessed an epileptic seizure in the classroom or the schoolyard. Epilepsy is considered as a chronic brain disease and psychiatric illness in 31% and 32.4% of cases, respectively. In 41.9% of cases, epilepsy is considered as a contagious disease. Significantly, we found that the composite score of knowledge and attitudes was lower in younger school teachers (p = 0.007) and those with fewer years of teaching experience (p = 0.048). High school teachers had better score composite than those of primary school and college (p = 0.072). Regarding the composite score of attitudes, we did not find an association with sociodemographic characteristics.Conclusion: Teachers’ attitudes were not associated with their level of school taught, years of teaching experience, and their religion. It is necessary to integrate educational training courses about epilepsy into the curriculum of teachers’ training.Keywords: epilepsy, school teachers, knowledge and attitudes, child, Tahoua, NigerToudou-Daouda MIbrahim-Mamadou AKDove Medical Pressarticleepilepsyschool teachersknowledge and attitudeschildtahouanigerNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol Volume 16, Pp 2327-2333 (2020)
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topic epilepsy
school teachers
knowledge and attitudes
child
tahoua
niger
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
spellingShingle epilepsy
school teachers
knowledge and attitudes
child
tahoua
niger
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
RC346-429
Toudou-Daouda M
Ibrahim-Mamadou AK
Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)
description Moussa Toudou-Daouda,1 Abdoul Kadir Ibrahim-Mamadou2 1Department of Neurology, National Hospital of Niamey, Niamey, Niger; 2Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Regional Hospital Center of Tahoua, Tahoua, NigerCorrespondence: Moussa Toudou-DaoudaDepartment of Neurology, National Hospital of Niamey, PO Box 238, Niamey, NigerEmail moussatoudou@gmail.comPurpose: In this survey, first, we aimed to investigate the views held about epilepsy of primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Tahoua (Niger, a Sub-Saharan African country), and secondarily, how their experience and knowledge about epilepsy influence their attitudes towards school children with epilepsy.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out between November and December 2019. We used a self-administered questionnaire survey in French-language comprising sociodemographic part, and knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy part. Composite scores of knowledge and attitudes were calculated, and statistical analyses were performed to assess their association with sociodemographic characteristics.Results: Two hundred eighty-four (284) school teachers had agreed to answer the questionnaire survey, among which 25% had already witnessed an epileptic seizure in the classroom or the schoolyard. Epilepsy is considered as a chronic brain disease and psychiatric illness in 31% and 32.4% of cases, respectively. In 41.9% of cases, epilepsy is considered as a contagious disease. Significantly, we found that the composite score of knowledge and attitudes was lower in younger school teachers (p = 0.007) and those with fewer years of teaching experience (p = 0.048). High school teachers had better score composite than those of primary school and college (p = 0.072). Regarding the composite score of attitudes, we did not find an association with sociodemographic characteristics.Conclusion: Teachers’ attitudes were not associated with their level of school taught, years of teaching experience, and their religion. It is necessary to integrate educational training courses about epilepsy into the curriculum of teachers’ training.Keywords: epilepsy, school teachers, knowledge and attitudes, child, Tahoua, Niger
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author Toudou-Daouda M
Ibrahim-Mamadou AK
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Ibrahim-Mamadou AK
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title Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)
title_short Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)
title_full Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)
title_fullStr Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)
title_full_unstemmed Teachers’ Knowledge About Epilepsy and Their Attitudes Toward Students with Epilepsy: A Cross-Sectional Survey in the City of Tahoua (Niger)
title_sort teachers’ knowledge about epilepsy and their attitudes toward students with epilepsy: a cross-sectional survey in the city of tahoua (niger)
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/babf2a6ceaf84a018f1629ce8b2dd162
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