Table 2 Description of clinical and psychosocial factors of patients with epilepsy at AMSH and TAH, 2015
From: Determinants of depression among people with epilepsy in Central Ethiopia
Variables | Frequency | Numbers | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Family history of mental illness | Yes | 59 | 14 |
No | 363 | 86 | |
Seizure frequency per month | No seizure | 243 | 57.6 |
1–3 | 173 | 41.0 | |
4 and above | 6 | 1.4 | |
Duration of epilepsy illness | <1 year | 19 | 4.5 |
1–5 years | 115 | 27.3 | |
6–10 years | 136 | 32.2 | |
> 10 years | 152 | 36 | |
Types of epilepsy diagnosed | Grandmal | 251 | 59.5 |
Petimal | 108 | 25.6 | |
Other | 63 | 14.9 | |
Type of antiepileptic drug | Mono therapy | 142 | 33.6 |
Polytherapy | 280 | 66.4 | |
Medication adherence | Adherence | 330 | 78.2 |
Poor adherence | 92 | 21.8 | |
Social support | Yes | 360 | 85.3 |
No | 62 | 14.7 | |
Perceived stigma | No felt stigma | 263 | 62.3 |
Felt stigma | 159 | 37.7 |