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INVESTIGATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE EPILEPTIC CHILDREN’S PARENTS, THEIR COMPLIANCE AND THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY

Ying DH

Dongyang People’s Hospital, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China

Objective: To investigate epileptic children’s parents of their knowledge about epilepsy and to follow up their compliance and effects of drug therapy.

Methods: To question 238 cases of the epileptic children’s parents during 1997－1999 with a Questionnaire about Epilepsy designed by ourselves. We classified them into high and low groups according to the final score. Then we followed the compliance and effects of the two groups respectively.

Results: In 144 cases of high knowledge, the compliance rate is 83.3%(120 cases), with 92 cases (63.88%) of good effect, 36 cases (25%) of effect. In the other 94 cases of low knowledge group, the compliance rate is 65.96% (62 cases), with 49 cases (52.13%) of good effect, 22 cases (21.27%)of effect, and 23 cases (26.60%)of poor effect.

Conclusion: To raise the parents’ knowledge about epilepsy is propitious to improve the compliance and therapeutic efficacy.

Key Words: epilepsy, knowledge, parents, compliance, efficacy