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KMID : 0378019880310040129
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New Medical Journal
1988 Volume.31 No. 4 p.129 ~ p.142
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A Study of Family Attitude on Epilepsy and the Family Dynamic
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Abstract
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This study intended to understand family attitude to the epileptic patient and the.family dyn. ic. 159 parents of epileptic patients belong to Rose Club in Wonju Christian Hospital was interview -d by
the author with prepared questionaire which was composed with series of questions, family opinion ? bout.
epilepsy, family attitude to the patient, and the family communication and dynamics.
The result were summerized as follows; ,
1. The family did not have much knowledge about epilepsy (50.9%), and considered the cause of epi epsy be shocked something (29.3%), and opinion about prognosis of treatment is probably good (49., %), but had a doubt about the complete cure (38.3%).
2. Family had shock (33.2%), deny (25.0%), despair (13.6%) when diagnosed that the child has epilepsy, continued deny even to take treatment (10.7%). Whenpatient suffering attacks, family experie iced despair-frustrate (23.3%), pity (14.5%), anxiety-panic (12.2%) and rage-hate (11.7%) of hostile reac ton.
Family communicated with indirect word about seizure, such as euphemism (34.0%), proverb (214%) instead of direct term of epilepsy.
3. Family made effort to rational cope with the epileptic patient (56.0%), but manifested to overprr ect tendency (35.1%). Parents feel patient is the most close relationship with themselves (40.3%), but . ve ambivalent feeling (67.9%) and psychological rejection (60.3%).
The parents took the responsibility of patients life, being worried about, "Patient future after d; ath of parent (28.2%)".
4. Parents were anxious about the behaviour and attitude change (67,4%) of epileptic patients after o set
of epileptic seizure. The most nagative change is the personality (34.4%) recognizing as introvert, s . rp,
stubborn, passimistic, ego-centered, but compliant and submissive.
5. Parents did not communicate about epilepsy with patient (31.4%), tending to hide illness patient hims - f.
If communicate, it was not discussed openly and directly, causing the loss of family integration.
6. Patients illness influenced on family dynamics, mother is the most role responser in the family mem, -1 ,
feels very heavy burden by the epileptic patient. All of the family member involved in medical p o
blems of the patients, and manifested family pain, suffered love and well-being of the whole fame ly.
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