Behavioural Neurology / 2016 / Article / Tab 5 / Research Article
Determinants of Noncompliance to Clinic Appointments and Medications among Nigerian Children with Epilepsy: Experience in a Tertiary Health Facility in Enugu, Nigeria Table 5 The association between noncompliance to medication and seizure related variables.
Compliant (%) Not compliant (%) valueSeizure type Generalized tonic clonic 67 (83.75) 13 (16.25) 3.54 0.90 Complex partial 14 (82.35) 3 (17.65) Simple partial 5 (83.33) 1 (16.67) Absence 3 (100) 0 Other seizures 6 (85.71) 1 (14.29) Age at onset of epilepsy (years) <2 9 (90) 1 (10) 2.51 0.29 2–5 42 (89.36) 5 (10.64) >5 44 (78.57) 12 (21.43) Antiepileptic medication Carbamazepine 37 (90.24) 4 (9.76) 14.62 0.04 Phenobarbitone 18 (81.82) 4 (18.18) Sodium valproate
15 (100) 0 Phenytoin 4 (66.67) 2 (33.33) Others 5 (83.33) 1 (16.67) Seizure control Excellent 10 (90.91) 1 (9.09) 8.34 0.04 Good 23 (95.83) 1 (4.17) Partial 48 (85.71) 8 (14.29) Poor 16 (66.67) 8 (33.33) Previous history of status epilepticus No 83 (85.57) 14 (14.43) 0.28 Yes 12 (75) 4 (25) Family history of epilepsy No 76 (83.52)
15 (16.48) 1.00 Yes 19 (86.36) 3 (13.64) Electroencephalographic finding Normal 8 (72.73) 3 (27.27) 0.35 Abnormal 35 (87.50) 5 (12.50) Associated anomalies Absent 79 (84.04) 15 (15.96) 0.20 0.91 Present 15 (83.33) 3 (16.67) Default clinic appointment Yes 12 (66.67)
6 (33.33) 0.36 No 75 (86.21) 12 (13.79)
Fisher’s exact test.