dc.contributor.author | Kirabira, Joseph | |
dc.contributor.author | Forry, Ben Jimmy | |
dc.contributor.author | Fallen, Robyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Sserwanga, Bernard | |
dc.contributor.author | Rukundo, Godfrey Zari | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-07T07:49:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-07T07:49:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kirabira, J., Forry, B. J., Fallen, R., & Sserwanga, B. (2020). Perceived stigma and school attendance among children and adolescents with epilepsy in South Western Uganda. African Health Sciences, 20(1), 376-382. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2205 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that has a high worldwide prevalence with eighty percent of the global burden being in low and middle-income countries. There is a high level of perceived stigma among children and adolescents with epilepsy, which has severe debilitating effects and affects school attendance.
Objective: To assess the effect of perceived stigma on school attendance patterns among children and adolescents with epilepsy.
Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study among 191 children and adolescents aged from 6-18 years with epilepsy at one large semi-urban hospital and a small rural health center in South Western Uganda. Epilepsy-related perceived stigma was measured using the adapted Kilifi Stigma Scale of Epilepsy and school attendance patterns were assessed using a piloted investigator- designed questionnaire.
Results: Children with high-perceived stigma were more likely to have never attended school (13.8%) or started school late (average age 5.7 years) compared to those with low-perceived stigma (average age 4.9 years). Additionally, those with high epilepsy- related perceived stigma repeated classes 2.5 times more compared to those with low-perceived stigma.
Conclusion: These preliminary findings suggest correlation between high-perceived stigma and disrupted school attendance patterns among children and adolescents with epilepsy, hence the need to address this social challenge | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Kayanja Fellowship | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Epilepsy | en_US |
dc.subject | Perceived stigma | en_US |
dc.subject | School attendance | en_US |
dc.subject | Children | en_US |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Perceived stigma and school attendance among children and adolescents with epilepsy in South Western Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |