Neurophobia among students and interns at the Abidjan Faculty of Medicine (Côte d'Ivoire)

Authors: Aka KC, Nancy ED, Muriel AT, Cedric AP, Delors OF, Arlette AD, David B, Axel TB, Constance YE, Christian T, Evelyne AD.

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eNeurologicalSci. Neurophobia among students and interns at the Abidjan Faculty of Medicine (Côte d'Ivoire)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensci.2025.100566

As defined by Jozefowicz in 1994, neurophobia is the fear of neuroscience and clinical neurology. The authors carried out this study, the first on neurophobia in the Ivory Coast, in order to assess its prevalence among medical students and interns in the Ivorian environment, to identify the factors involved and to propose solutions.

This was a prospective cross-sectional study carried out during the 2022–2023 academic year at the Abidjan UFR of Medical Sciences. The study population consisted of all students in years 3ème to 6ème and hospital interns. The Schon questionnaire, transcribed using google form software, was sent to students using the "whatsapp" social network.