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. 2016 Jun 15;2016:5138952. doi: 10.1155/2016/5138952

Table 8.

Association of attitudes score toward epilepsy with teachers' self-reported experience with epilepsy.

Experience item Attitude score p
(Out of 15)
Median (Range)
Have you ever dealt with a person with epilepsy? <0.001
 Yes 11 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Does any member of your family have epilepsy? 0.002
 Yes 11 (2–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Have you been a teacher of a student with epilepsy? 0.002
 Yes 11 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Are you currently a teacher of a student with epilepsy? 0.363
 Yes 10 (4–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Are you aware of the life circumstances of persons with epilepsy? <0.001
 Yes 11 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Will you be prepared to handle a seizure if one of your students had a fit during class? <0.001
 Yes 11 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Do you think you have sufficient training in first-aid management of seizures? 0.559
 Yes 10 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Are you aware of the different types of seizures and what they look like? 0.629
 Yes 10 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)
Would you like to have more general knowledge about epilepsy? <0.001
 Yes 10 (0–15)
 No 8 (0–15)
Would you like to have more information about how to respond when a student is having a seizure? <0.001
 Yes 10 (0–15)
 No 8 (0–15)
Have you received adequate training about seizure management and epilepsy in your teaching training? 0.515
 Yes 9 (0–15)
 No 10 (0–15)

p values were generated using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test for comparing two groups.