Questions | Incorrect | Correct | Gender | Age group | Academic year of study | Marital status | Place of origin | Area of residence |
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f (%) | f (%) | p* | p* | p* | p* | p* | p* | |
Q1. Epilepsy is a mental illness | 221 (70.8) | 91 (29.2) | 0.332 | 0.959 | 0.287 | 0.490 | 0.107 | 0.424 |
Q2. Congenital anomalies may be the etiology of epilepsy | 150 (48.1) | 162 (51.9) | 0.222 | 0.568 | 0.126 | 0.981 | 0.032 | 0.314 |
Q3. Flashing lights or noises may be trigger factors for epilepsy | 109 (34.9) | 203 (65.1) | 0.434 | 0.499 | < 0.001 | 0.800 | 0.108 | 0.010 |
Q4. A person who presents an epileptic seizure is necessarily an epileptic patient | 165 (52.9) | 147 (47.1) | 0.022 | 0.254 | 0.859 | 0.411 | 0.019 | 0.056 |
Q5. The epileptic patient may lose sphincter control during a seizure | 285 (91.3) | 27 (8.7) | 0.635 | 0.075 | 0.018 | 0.012b | 0.681 | 0.080b |
Q6. Tobacco and alcohol may increase the possibility of an epileptic seizure | 87 (27.9) | 225 (72.1) | 0.059 | 0.286 | 0.509 | 0.628 | 0.062 | 0.034 |