{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Tsigebrhan R"],"funding":["National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)","Wellcome Trust"],"pagination":["e0310542"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11643256"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Understanding the lived experience of mental health and illness in people with epilepsy has been little investigated in Africa and yet is essential to inform person-centered care. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences mental ill-health in the contexts of the lives of people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>A phenomenological approach was employed using in-depth individual interviews with PWE. Participants were selected purposely. The setting was Gurage Zone in south-central Ethiopia, where efforts had been made to expand access to mental health and epilepsy care through integration in primary health care. Thematic analysis was used.<h4>Result</h4>Twenty-two participant were interviewed (8 women, 14 men). The following themes were identifie"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Experience and perceptions of mental ill-health in people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study."],"pmcid":["PMC11643256"],"funding_grant_id":["104023/Z/14/A","223615/Z/21/Z","222154","NIHR200842"],"pubmed_authors":["Selamu M","Hanlon C","Tsigebrhan R","Newton CR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Experience and perceptions of mental ill-health in people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Understanding the lived experience of mental health and illness in people with epilepsy has been little investigated in Africa and yet is essential to inform person-centered care. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences mental ill-health in the contexts of the lives of people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>A phenomenological approach was employed using in-depth individual interviews with PWE. Participants were selected purposely. The setting was Gurage Zone in south-central Ethiopia, where efforts had been made to expand access to mental health and epilepsy care through integration in primary health care. Thematic analysis was used.<h4>Result</h4>Twenty-two participant were interviewed (8 women, 14 men). The following themes were identifie","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024","modification":"2025-04-04T02:54:52.137Z","creation":"2025-04-04T02:54:52.137Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11643256","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39671371"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0310542"]}}