Review of the Epilepsy Information Levels of the Students in the Physical Education and Sport Department

The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of the students in the Physical Education Department have about epilepsy. The study was composed of students of the School of physical education and Sports of different universities and a total of 685 people participated in the study. An epilepsy knowledge level test consisting of 10 questions and demographic information was applied to the students. Data were analyzed in SPSS 21 package program. It was found that 67% of the 685 students were Male and 33% were female students. If you have had epilepsy, it was determined that 45.7% of men and 50.8% of women had epilepsy. You see the question of whether you intervene in epilepsy seizure, 67% of men, and 33% of women intervene in the question was found. To the question from which source you choose the way to obtain information about epilepsy; it was found that 42.6% of the students received information from the internet, 16.9% from television, 7.8% from boks and newspapers, 23.3% from the environment, 9.3% from the doctor and 67.2% from the Male students and 32.8% of the female students received first aid. However, when epilepsy information score was examined, it was found that the average of men's knowledge score was 35,7 and 36,3 for women over the face. In this study, it was determined that the students do not have a sufficient level of knowledge about epilepsy in order to determine the level of knowledge about epilepsy of the students in the Physical Education Department of different universities. From here, it is thought that the correct first aid will be safer to protect the health of both the students and the athletes while exercise is epileptic individuals of seizures