TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Prevalence and characteristics of domestic violence in people with epilepsy in Thailand
JO  - Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
A1  - Sawangchareon, Kritaya
A1  - Pranboon, Sineenard
A1  - Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak
A1  - Tiamkao, Somsak
SP  - e6479
EP  - e6479
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: People with epilepsy (PWE) are at risk of domestic violence; either towards others or being the victim.     Objectives: This study surveyed the prevalence of violence problems in people with epilepsy (PWE) and the characteristics of violence and possible health outcomes.     Methods: There were 350 PWE treated at Khon Kaen University, Srinagarind Hospital's epilepsy clinic who were enrolled. Data were collected from January 2013 to July 2013 by self questionnaires from 350 persons providing epilepsy reliability by Cronbach's alpha at 0.86.     Results: There were 206 females (59.7%) and 141 males (40.3%) with the mean age of 37.1 years (range 18 to 85 years). The prevalence of violence towards others was 51.4% (180 patients), and being the victim of violence was 40.0% (140 patients). There was a significant correlation between being the recipient of violence and being the perpetrator (r = 0.58, P < 0.001).     Conclusions: The prevalence of domestic violence in PWE is high and has negative consequences on the individual, family, and community.     Keywords: Consequences; Domestic Violence; Epilepsy; Prevalence    Copyright © 2017, Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1735-8639
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijpbs.6479
ID  - ref1
ER  -