Changes in knowledge, attitude, and practice of people with epilepsy and their families after an intervention in rural China

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-79

  Wang, Wenzhi ^a   Zhao, Donghai ^a   Wu, Jianzhong ^a   Wang, Taiping ^b   Dai, Xiuying ^c   Ma, Guangyu ^d   Yang, Bin ^e   Yuan, Chenglin ^f   Bell, Gail S ^g   de Boer, Hanneke M ^h   Prilipko, Leonid L ⁱ   Sander, Ley ^g,h  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zezhou County Hospital   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Universal Love Hospital   (China)

^e Jiaozuo People's Hospital   (China)

^f NORTHERN JIANGSU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h Training and Treatment of Epilepsy   (Netherlands)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Epilepsy; Intervention; Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349178884     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.06.027     Document Type: Article

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