Investigation of Swimming Classes for School Children with Epilepsy

A Questionnaire Survey of School Nursing Teachers

Abstract

We obtained informations by means of questionnaires concerning swimming lessons for school children with epilepsy, which were sent to 391 school nursing teachers in Yamaguchi Prefecture. We obtained completed questionnaires from 278 of the 391 nursing teachers (71%).
The percentage of 24.5% of the nursing teachers said that they made limitations to the attendance of swimming lessons. More than 20% answered that limitations were necessary for school children even if their attending physicians had permitted them to join the lessons. We suggest that the nursing teachers had more than a few misconceptions regarding epilepsy. For the comprehensive management of epilepsy, it is necessary for medical staffs to cooperate with nursing teachers.