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Questionnaire	Positive Answers
Knowledge Did you hear about epilepsy before the diagnosis? Are there non-medical treatments for epilepsy? Is epilepsy a mental disease? Does epilepsy correlate with evil? Could the epilepsy be treated by surgery? Does epilepsy affect the intelligence of the child? Could the child with epilepsy be cured? Is the epilepsy contagious?	70% 59% 48% 44% 41% 38% 9% 2%
Attitudes Could the child with the epilepsy achieve allot in his future life? Do you avoid upsetting your child? Could the child with the epilepsy achieve allot in his future life? Could the child with epilepsy get married in the future? Do you treat your affected child different from his brothers? Is there discrimination against the child with epilepsy in the society? Do you avoid punishing your child? Should the child with epilepsy attend a special school? Do you consider your child always vulnerable to illness and crises?	95% 53% 47% 47% 44% 42% 34% 22% 9%

Table 1: Summary of the questions regarding the parent’s knowledge and attitudes towards childrenwith epilepsy (n=117).