Factors contributing to Korean teachers' attitudes toward students with epilepsy.
We investigated factors contributing to teachers' attitudes toward students with epilepsy. Data were collected from 604 teachers in Korea. The questionnaire included the Scale of Attitudes Toward Persons with Epilepsy (ATPE) and a demographic and teaching experience survey. In stepwise linear regression analysis, ATPE Knowledge scores (P<0.001) and prior experience teaching a student with epilepsy (P=0.001) were identified as significant factors for ATPE Attitude scores. The ATPE Knowledge scores accounted for 50.1% of the variance in the Attitude scores, and experience teaching a student with epilepsy accounted only for 1.0%. Our finding that teachers' knowledge is the most important factor influencing teacher's attitudes toward epilepsy indicates that teachers should be provided with information about epilepsy universally, across geographic settings, educational levels, and experience levels.
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. salee@amc.seoul.kr
Sang-Ahm
SA
Lee
Soo Bin
SB
Yim
Young Il
YI
Rho
Minkyung
M
Chu
Hyeon Mi
HM
Park
Geun-ho
GH
Lee
Sung-Pa
SP
Park
Dae Soo
DS
Jung
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology*; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult