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Evaluation of Patients with Epilepsy Conform to Antiepileptic Medication
(Düzce Üniversitesi, 2009) Güney Şenol, Mehmet; Gün, İlknur; Toğrol, Erdem; Olgun, Nermin; Saraçoğlu, Mehmet
Aim: This study has been done to evaluate patients’ knowledge and understanding about their epilepsy, to asses which factors affect to conform to medical care, to put forward proposals which will guide in the planning of health care necessities and to emphasize necessity of epilepsy management for our country. Methods: This study was realized with 205 patients with epilepsy who applied to Neurology Outpatient Departments, between the dates of September 2005–March 2006. The Patient Interview Questionnaire has been used as a means of collecting data. Results: 87.3% of patients who participated to this study were male. 76.1% of the participants were single. Mean age at onset of epilepsy in the study population was 15.5±11.9 and the duration of disease was 10.0±7.2 years. 20.5% of patients had graduated from university. 50.25% of patients had no health insurance. It is found that education level is related with knowledge about illness (p