Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of epileptic patients attending Felegehiwot Referral Hospital epileptic clinic (n = 422), Bahirdar, Ethiopia, February 2019
Characters | Classification | Frequency | Percent | Have no mental distress N (%) | Have mental distress N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 233 | 55.2 | 151 (64.8) | 82 (35.2) |
Female | 189 | 44.8 | 120 (63.5) | 69 (36.5) | |
Age | 18–24 years | 120 | 28.4 | 79 (65.8) | 41 (34.2) |
25–34 years | 170 | 40.3 | 115 (67.6) | 55 (32.4) | |
35–44 years | 92 | 21.8 | 54 (58.7) | 38 (41.3) | |
45 and above | 40 | 9.5 | 17 (42.5) | 13 (57.5) | |
Marital Status | Married | 229 | 54.3 | 150 (65.5) | 79 (34.5) |
Single | 176 | 41.7 | 111 (63) | 65 (37) | |
Divorce/separate/widowed | 17 | 4 | 10 (58.8) | 7 (41.2) | |
Religion | Orthodox | 128 | 30.3 | 75 (58.6) | 53 (41.4) |
Muslim | 264 | 62.6 | 177 (67) | 87 (33) | |
Protestant | 29 | 6.9 | 19 (65.5) | 11 (34.5) | |
Address | Urban | 266 | 63.0 | 171 (64.3) | 95 (35.7) |
Rural | 156 | 37.0 | 100 (64) | 56 (36) | |
Educational Status | Illiterate | 54 | 12.8 | 36 (66.7) | 18 (33.3) |
Can read and write | 71 | 16.8 | 42 (59) | 29 (41) | |
Primary | 78 | 18.5 | 49 (62.8) | 29 (37.2) | |
Secondary | 146 | 34.6 | 103 (70.5) | 43 (29.5) | |
College and above | 73 | 17.3 | 41 (56) | 32 (44) | |
Occupational Status | Farmer | 108 | 25.6 | 69 (63.9) | 39 (45.1) |
Gov’ t employers | 97 | 23.0 | 63 (64.9) | 34 (35.1) | |
Self-employee | 101 | 23.9 | 64 (63.4) | 37 (36.6) | |
Student | 93 | 22.0 | 60 (64.5) | 33 (35.5) | |
Other | 23 | 5.5 | 15 (65.2) | 8 (34.8) | |
Monthly income | < 700 | 215 | 50.9 | 193 (78.8) | 22 (20.2) |
700–1499 | 24 | 5.7 | 22 (91.7) | 2 (8.3) | |
> 1500 | 183 | 43.4 | 163 (89) | 20 (11) |