The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the training given to the teachersof children with intellectual disabilities with the "Epilepsy Management at School MobileHealth Application" and the "Digital Epilepsy Education Guide" on teachers' epilepsyknowledge, attitudes, and self management levels. This study was planned in a pretest,posttest design, follow-up, randomized controlled study. The sample of the study willconsist of 90 teachers. Intervention-1 (Epilepsy Management at School Mobile HealthApplication, n=30), intervention-2 (Digital Epilepsy Education Guide, n=30) and controlgroup (group without any intervention, n=30) will be included in the study. The datacollection tools to be used in the research will be applied to all three groups at thesame time intervals (T0: Just before the application phase of the research, T1: 15 daysafter the application, T2: one month after the application). The data will be collectedusing the Personal Information Form, the Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Epilepsy AmongSchool Teachers Scale, and the Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers. StatisticalPackage for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 25.0 package program will be used in the analysisof the data.
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Other: Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application
Teachers who meet the inclusion criteria will use the EpiSchool
Other: Digital Epilepsy Education Guide
Teachers who meet the inclusion criteria will use the EpiGuide
Inclusion Criteria:
- Working at special education schools affiliated with the Ministry of National
Education in Antalya Province,
- Teachers of children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities,
- Having a smartphone with internet access and either an Android or iOS operating
system.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Teachers of children with hearing and visual impairments, without intellectual
disabilities
- Teachers of children with mild intellectual disabilities
Akdeniz University
Antalya, Konyaaltı, Turkey
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