Table 3.
Attitudes towards others with epilepsy before and after the training coursea.
| Pre n (%) |
Post n (%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How would you react if you learned that someone you know or teach has epilepsy? | |||
| Treat as before | 62 (87.3) | 70 (97.2) | 0.021 |
| Prefer avoidance | 2 (2.8) | 2 (2.8) | 0.999 |
| Avoidance | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | – |
| I don't know | 6 (8.5) | 0 (0) | – |
| Would you accept that you or any of your children marry someone who has epilepsy? | |||
| Yes, easily | 22 (32.80) | 28 (39.40) | 0.014 |
| Yes, but with some hesitation | 18 (26.9) | 20 (28.20) | |
| Yes, but with a lot of hesitation | 11 (16.40) | 8 (11.30) | |
| I would avoid it or refuse it | 16 (23.90) | 15 (21.10) | |
| Would you hire someone who has epilepsy knowing that he has all the skills and qualifications needed for this job? | |||
| Yes, easily | 44 (60.3) | 51 (69.9) | 0.065 |
| Yes, under certain conditions | 23 (31.5) | 23 (31.5) | 0.999 |
| Yes, but with a lot of hesitation | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0) | – |
| I would avoid it | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | – |
(−) 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.