Table 2 Clinical characteristics of epileptic patients attending Felegehiwot Referral Hospital epileptic clinic (n = 422), Bahirdar, Ethiopia, February 2019
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of seizure attack the last 30 days | 1–2 | 40 | 9.5 |
3–12 | 7 | 1.7 | |
Never | 375 | 88.9 | |
Duration on AED medication | < 5 years | 197 | 46.7 |
5–10 years | 119 | 28.2 | |
> 10 years | 106 | 25.1 | |
Epileptic fits | Yes | 42 | 9.9 |
No | 380 | 90.1 | |
History of chronic medical illness | Yes | 15 | 3.6 |
No | 407 | 96.4 | |
Lifetime substance use | Yes | 186 | 44.1 |
No | 236 | 55.9 | |
Substance use in the last 30 days | Yes | 94 | 22.3 |
No | 328 | 77.7 | |
Alcohol misuse | CAGE ≥ 2 | 36 | 8.5 |
CAGE < 2 | 386 | 91.5 | |
Nicotine dependence | Yes (FTND ≥ 1) | 30 | 7.1 |
No (FTND < 1) | 392 | 92.9 | |
Medication adherence | Low | 394 | 93.4 |
Intermediate | 24 | 5.7 | |
High adherence | 4 | 0.9 | |
Family history of mental illness | Yes | 7 | 1.7 |
No | 415 | 98.3 | |
Social support | Poor | 82 | 19.4 |
Moderate | 254 | 60.2 | |
High | 86 | 20.4 |