Table 2.
Attitudes towards children with epilepsy, their schooling and their participation in sports activities before and after the training coursea.
| Pre n (%) | Post n (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is the IQ of epilepsy patients lower than general population? | |||
| No | 55 (78.60) | 63 (86.30) | 0.096 |
| Yes, lower | 1 (1.40) | 8 (11) | 0.039 |
| Yes, much lower | 0 (0) | 1 (1.40) | – |
| I don't know | 14 (20) | 1 (1.40) | 0.001 |
| Is a specialized school necessary? | |||
| No | 53 (72.60) | 61 (83.60) | 0.041 |
| Yes | 4 (5.50) | 8 (11.00) | |
| I don't know | 16 (21.90) | 4 (5.50) | |
| Do you think epilepsy limits sports and recreational activities? | |||
| No | 57 (78.10) | 66 (90.40) | 0.007 |
| Yes | 3 (4.10) | 6 (8.20) | |
| I don't know | 13 (17.80) | 1 (1.40) | |
(−) Statistical comparison not applicable.
a
The formal McNemar–Bowker or the Stuart–Maxwell tests could not be performed on the variables because there were categories with zero frequencies. The original variables were split into -n- binary variables (where n is the number of categories of the original variable) and the answers compared using the McNemar binary test for each category.