國小教師對癲癇學童疾病不確定感及其相關因子之探討

Uncertainty of Students with Epilepsy and Its Related Factors in Elementary School Teacher

本研究目的在探討國小教師對癲癇學童疾病不確定感及其相關因子之關係。採用橫斷式相關性的研究設計，以高雄市64所公立國小教師為研究對象，共收案400人，男教師有89人，女教師有311人，平均年齡40.4歲。研究工具包含4份結構式問卷。研究結果顯示：（1）國小教師對癲癇學童疾病顯示中等偏高之不確定感（2）國小教師的癲癇知識趨近及格（3）年齡、學校規模、教職年資、導師年資、癲癇相關經驗與國小教師對癲癇學童疾病不確定感呈現顯著正相關。（4）國小教師對癲癇學童疾病不確定感與國小教師癲癇知識、照護癲癇學童態度、照護癲癇學童行為有顯著負相關。研究結果建議學校須特別關注國小教師對癲癇學童疾病不確定感的擔憂，並加強國小教師的癲癇相關研習課程和學校處置流程的演練。

The purpose of this study is to explore elementary school teachers’ uncertainty towards students with epilepsy and its related factors. The study was conducted with a cross-sectional design and the study subjects were elementary school teachers from 64 elementary schools in Kaohsiung. Using stratified random sampling, 400 teachers participated - including 89 males and 311 females, with the average age of 40.4 years old. Four structural questionnaires were used. The results showed that: (a) The subjects’ illness uncertainty level towards students with epilepsy was median to high. (b)The subjects’ epilepsy knowledge was near passing-grade level. (c) Subjects’ age, school size, faculty experience, main teacher experience, and experience of handling epilepsy significantly and positively correlated with the illness uncertainty of students with epilepsy. (d)There was a significant negative correlation between subjects’ illness uncertainty level towards students with epilepsy, and epilepsy knowledge, attitude of caring for students with epilepsy as well as behaviors of caring for students with epilepsy. According to the results, school administrators should pay more attention to teachers’ anxiety about illness uncertainty towards students with epilepsy and hold workshops that provide epileptic knowledge and how to deal with epileptic paroxysm.