Epilepsy stigma perception in an urban area of a limited-resource country

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Fernandes, Paula T ^a,b   Salgado, Priscila C B ^a,b   Noronha, Ana L A ^a,b   de Boer, Hanneke M ^c,d   Prilipko, Leonid ^c,e   Sander, Josemir W ^d,f   Li, Li M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Assistencia A Saude de Pacientes Com Epilepsia ASPE   (Brazil)

^c Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding   (Netherlands)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Quality of life; Stigma; Stigma scale

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SAMPLING ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34250773657     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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