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Document 0512
DOCN M9610512
TI Kentuckians' attitudes toward children with epilepsy.
DT 9601
AU Baumann RJ; Wilson JF; Wiese HJ; Department of Neurology, College of
Medicine, University of; Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0284, USA.
SO Epilepsia. 1995 Oct;36(10):1003-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96007296
AB We explored Kentuckians' attitudes toward children with epilepsy.
Questions compared respondents' attitudes about children with epilepsy,
asthma, hyperactivity, and AIDS. Random digit dialing led to 617
completed interviews. The key questions asked concerned (a) how a pupil
with each illness would alter the classroom environment, and (b) how the
condition would affect the child's quality of life (QOL) at age 21
years. Respondents used a 0-10 rating scale (0 = worst, 5 = normal, 10 =
best). A dichotomous variable divided respondents into those who rated
below and those who rated at or above the norm: 24% predicted a
deterioration of the classroom environment with the addition of a pupil
with epilepsy (similar to AIDS at 26%); 41% predicted a lessened QOL at
age 21 years (a worse rating than either asthma or hyperactivity). We
created summary indexes, using difference scores between epilepsy
ratings and ratings for the other conditions: Relative Educational
Distance (RED) and Relative Quality of Life Distance (RQLD) measures. On
the RED index, rural and Appalachian respondents showed the greatest
prejudice toward pupils with epilepsy. Conversely, we noted the greatest
prejudice in RQLD among urban residents (the best educated group). Our
data do not support contentions that prejudices against persons with
epilepsy are disappearing.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PSYCHOLOGY Adult Age Factors
Asthma/PSYCHOLOGY Attention Deficit Disorder with
Hyperactivity/PSYCHOLOGY *Attitude to Health Child Chronic Disease
Comparative Study Educational Status *Epilepsy/PSYCHOLOGY Female
Health Surveys Human Kentucky Male Prejudice Probability Quality
of Life Residence Characteristics Rural Population Sex Factors
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Telephone Urban Population JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).