Authors

Andrea Martínez Urquijo1, Germán Moris de la Tassa2

Position

1Enfermera. Máster en Enfermería. Hospital de la Cruz Roja. Gijón (Asturias)2Doctor en Medicina. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Oviedo (Asturias)

Contact address

Andrea Martínez Urquijo. C/ Peña Ubiña, 1. 33211 Gijón (Asturias).

Contact email: ndrea.martu@hotmail.com

Abstract

Objectives: to analyze the knowledge and attitudes regarding childhood epilepsy by the Primary Education teachers from the city of Gijón; as well as to assess if these vary when they have students or relatives with said condition, or they have been present previously at a seizure.
Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2016 in Primary Education schools Gijón (Asturias). The centers were located through official documentary sources, and they were contacted through email. In those centers which accepted to participate, teachers were asked an ad-hoc questionnaire including individual variables: age, having students or relatives with epilepsy, previous experience of an epileptic seizure; self-reported knowledge; foreseen attitude when faced with the seizure, and willingness to learn more. Descriptive statistical indexes and bivariate analyses were conducted, through Pearson’s correlation and Chi square test.
Results: out of all the teachers, 92.4% stated that they did not have enough knowledge for acting in an epileptic seizure. No statistically significant difference was found between those who had students or relatives with epilepsy or had been present previously in a seizure, and those who had not. The perception by 91.4% of teachers was that they were poorly or very poorly prepared for this; 5.1% of the participants would administer rescue medication to a student suffering an epileptic seizure, and 98% of them wanted to receive more training about epilepsy.
Conclusions: Primary Education teachers from Gijón schools reported they had limited knowledge to face an epileptic seizure; however, they also stated that they were willing to improve.

Keywords:

Epilepsy; convulsions; Children; schools; teachers; teachers; primary and secondary education; primary and secondary education; descriptive cross-sectional study; descriptive cross-sectional study

Versión en Español

Título:

Conocimientos del profesorado de Educación Primaria sobre las medidas de actuación en una crisis epiléptica