Component Items | Experience of Perceived Stigma‡ | |||
YES | NO | |||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Have you ever felt that on account of epilepsy: |
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1) Some people are uncomfortable with you | 15 | 16.1% | 78 | 83.9% |
2) Some people look down on you and treat you like an inferior person | 9 | 9.7% | 84 | 90.3% |
3) Some people avoid you | 19 | 20.4% | 74 | 79.6% |
Total experience of perceived stigma | 43 | 46.2% | 50 | 53.8% |