경련성 환아 부모들의 인식에 대한 연구

The change of Psychological Aspect of the Parents with convulsive Chidern

Convulsive disorder is the most part of the pediatric neurologic disease. As far as the treatment of convulsive disorder concerned, we must consider familys' understanding, and the close cooperation between the epileptic child, parents, and doctors. We compared to Kim's report in 1985, to study the change of parents of epileptic children thinking. A prospective study was undertaken the analysis of 100 epileptic children parents visited to the pediatric dept, of Soonchunhyang university hospital from May to July, 1995. Psychological assessment, questionnaires which contains 17 items were given them, and these items were compared to Kims report in 1985 The results were as follows: 1) Parents of epileptic children answered convulsive disorder has influenced to children growth and development( 60.8% in 1985, 65.0% in 1995 ). 2) For asking the causes of children disease, 40.5% of them in 1985 and 50.0% of them in 1995 answered to uncertain, but only 7.8% of them in 1985 and 7.0% of them in 1995 answered to relation with familial inheritance. 3) The feelings at time of the diagnosis were gloomy or uncomfortable: 52.3% in 1985, 38.0% in 1995 and shameful 28.1% in 1985, 9.0% 1995. parents had belived in the epilepsy was treatable disease: 41.0% in 1995. 4) According to the this survey, patients explained reasons why their children take the medication increased from 23.5% in 1985 to 65.0% in 1995. 5) Only family, knew that their children had the convulsive disorder about 50.3% in 1995 and 22.0% in 1995. Family, patients and other people except family knew that their children had the convulsive disorder about 6.5% in 1985 and 43.0% in 1995. 6) The parents opinion and expectation toward the medical doctors were that they wanted to get full explanation for the disease 81.0% in 1985 and 35.1% in 1995, and others were explantation about toxicity and side effects of the medication and advises for the childrens life and activities.