Open AccessAwareness, attitude, and understanding toward epilepsy among workers in a State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Mshelia Anthony Ali,
Ogualili Placidus Nwakuba,
Wakawa Ibrahim Abdu,
Victor Chidi Onyencho,
Pindar Sadique Kwajaffa,
Mahmood Mohammed Yusuf,
Fugu Muhammad Abba,
Rabbebe Isa Bukar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_61_19
Subject(s) - epilepsy , medicine , family medicine , demographics , health care , psychiatry , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , demography , pathology , sociology , economics , radiology , economic growth
Epilepsy is a common presentation at clinics in Psychiatric Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals, and general practice. In developing countries and Africa especially, awareness, attitude, and understanding are generally poor. People still believe in spirits as the cause of epilepsy.