Attitudes toward epilepsy among medical staffs in basic-level hospitals from southern China

The objectives of the study were to assess attitudes toward epilepsy among medical staffs from basic-level hospitals in southern China and identify significant predictive factors for future stigma reduction interventions. The Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale, a two dimensional 14-item s...

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Published in:Epilepsy & behavior 2018-12, Vol.89, p.23-29
Main Authors: Yang, Ke, Ma, Chanthia, He, Yue, Wang, Jing, Yue, Zongwei, Xiao, Bo, Liu, Ding, Feng, Li
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Language:English
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Attitudes
Basic-level hospitals
Epilepsy
Medical staffs
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Summary:The objectives of the study were to assess attitudes toward epilepsy among medical staffs from basic-level hospitals in southern China and identify significant predictive factors for future stigma reduction interventions. The Public Attitudes Toward Epilepsy (PATE) scale, a two dimensional 14-item scale addressing two major domains: general domain and personal domain, was administered to 448 medical staffs from basic-level hospitals in southern China. Positively stated items in the PATE scale were reversely scored; in this case, a higher score would indicate a more negative attitude. Also, we compared the overall score and per-item scores of the medical staffs versus those of the general population reported in the previous studies using the same scale. The cumulative score of the medical staffs was 41.65 ± 6.99, which is significantly lower as compared with 51.38 ± 6.80 of the general population (t (645) = −16.473, p 
ISSN:1525-5050
1525-5069
DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.08.024