Common mental disorders and its determinants among epileptic patients at an outpatient epileptic clinic in Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, Bahirdar, Ethiopia: cross-sectional study

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
Epileptic fits	No	380	90.1
History of chronic medical illness	Yes	15	3.6
History of chronic medical illness	No	407	96.4
Lifetime substance use	Yes	186	44.1
Lifetime substance use	No	236	55.9
Substance use in the last 30 days	Yes	94	22.3
Substance use in the last 30 days	No	328	77.7
Alcohol misuse	CAGE ≥ 2	36	8.5
Alcohol misuse	CAGE < 2	386	91.5
Nicotine dependence	Yes (FTND ≥ 1)	30	7.1
Nicotine dependence	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
Family history of mental illness	No	415	98.3
Social support	Poor	82	19.4
	Moderate	254	60.2
	High	86	20.4

CAGE Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty feeling and Eye opener; FTND Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence