The Experience of the 1st Daegu-Gyeongbuk Multicenter Epilepsy Camp for Children and their Parents to improve the understanding of Epilepsy
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
;
: 303-309, 2006.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-163790
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was undertaken to announce our experience of the 1st Daegu- Gyeongbuk Multicenter Epilepsy Camp for children and their parents to improve the understanding of epilepsy.METHODS:
We held the camp on February 25th to 26th, 2006 at Gyeongju. 33 families with epileptic childlend joined the camp. At the end of the camp, we performed a survey with 37 questionnaires to obtain data concerning the parents' understanding of epilepsy and the satisfaction with the camp. Data was analyzed with SPSS 10.0 program using frequency analysis.RESULTS:
Parents knew about epilepsy but for some degrel still wanted to get more information about epilepsy. Parents were satisfied with the educational programs but not with the recreation programs.CONCLUSION:
This study suggests that more social approaches such as an epilepsy camp is needed to provide the families with more information fot the understanding about epilepsy.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Parents
/
Recreation
/
Surveys and Questionnaires
/
Epilepsy
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS