Awareness, attitude, and understanding toward epilepsy among workers in a State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria | Zendy

MsheliaAnthony Ali | Zendy; OgualiliPlacidus Nwakuba | Zendy; WakawaIbrahim Abdu | Zendy; O.G.D.L.F. Víctor | Zendy; PindarSadique Kwajaffa | Zendy; MahmoodMohammed Yusuf | Zendy; FuguMuhammad Abba | Zendy; RabbebeIsa Bukar | Zendy

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Awareness, attitude, and understanding toward epilepsy among workers in a State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria

Author(s) -

MsheliaAnthony Ali,

OgualiliPlacidus Nwakuba,

WakawaIbrahim Abdu,

O.G.D.L.F. Víctor,

PindarSadique Kwajaffa,

MahmoodMohammed Yusuf,

FuguMuhammad Abba,

RabbebeIsa 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.

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