Impact of epilepsy training on school teachers and counselors: An intervention study in Lebanon.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the immediate impact of an epilepsy training through the administration of a questionnaire (in Arabic) before and immediately after the intervention in Lebanese public and private schools. This project is part of an awareness campaign applied to 3 groups of teachers and counselors and consisted of a pretest, a unified conference and a posttest. The statistical analysis used the McNemar and Stuart Maxwell tests (statistical significance level of 0.05). 73 participants completed the questionnaires. The majority were female (68.5%), aged less than 39 years (57%) and familiar with epilepsy. A positive impact of the training was found regarding the effect of epilepsy on schooling, seizures manifestations, psychological effects, seizure first aid and the possibility

SUBMITTER: Abou Khaled KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232080 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature