KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STUDIES IN SPLIT ABOUT EPILEPSY

CILJ: Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati znanja i stavove studenata Sveučilišnog odjela zdravstvenih studija o epilepsiji s obzirom na spol, dob i studijski smjer. METODE: Mjerni instrument koji se koristio je novo konstruirani Upitnik o znanju i stavovima studenata Sveučilišnog odjela zdravstvenih studija u Splitu o epilepsiji kojeg je riješilo ukupno 272 studenta iz pet studijskih programa Preddiplomskog sveučilišnog studija te tri studijska programa Diplomskog sveučilišnog studija. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 40 ispitanika muškog spola i 232 ispitanice ženskog spola. Podaci su obrađeni u IBM SPSS 20. programu za statističku obradu podataka. REZULTATI: Rezultati su pokazali statistički značajnu razliku u stavovima studenata jedino u kategoriji dobne skupine. Razliku čini skupina 2 (20-24 godine) koja ima veći broj bodova u odnosu na skupinu 4 (više od 30 godina). Statistički značajna razlika u znanju studenata nije utvrđena. ZAKLJUČAK: Prema dobivenim rezultatima možemo zaključiti da je znanje studenata o epilepsiji na visokoj razini, a njihovi stavovi prema oboljelima pozitivni što je ohrabrujući podatak za daljnje pružanje zdravstvene skrbi ovim bolesnicima.OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the knowledge and attitudes of students of the University Department of Health Studies about epilepsy regarding gender, age and study direction. METHODS: The measuring instrument used was a newly constructed Questionnaire of the knowledge and attitudes of students of the University Department of Health Studies in Split about epilepsy, which was solved by a total of 272 students from the five study programs of the Undergraduate University Study and three study programs of the Graduate University Study. The study included 40 male and 232 female subjects. Data is processed in the IBM SPSS 20 Data Storing Program. RESULTS: The results showed statistically significant differences in student attitudes only in the age group. The difference is made up of group 2 (20-24) which has a higher score than group 4 (over 30 years). A statistically significant difference in student knowledge was not established. CONCLUSION: According to the results we can conclude that the knowledge of students about epilepsy is at high level and their attitudes towards the patients are positive, which is encouraging data for further health care for these patients