Prevalence and Factors Associated with Perceived Stigma among Patients with Epilepsy in Ethiopia

Table 3

Distribution of study subjects by disclosure status, patient’s contagion belief, and causal belief of epilepsy.

Variables	(/346)	(%)
Cause of epilepsy
Supernatural force	90	26
Evil spirit	147	42.5
Other	15	4.3
I do not know	94	27.2
Contagion belief
No	306	88.4
Yes	40	11.6
Disclosure status
Not disclosed	105	30.3
Disclosed	241	69.7
Way of disclosure
Voluntary disclosure	45	18.7
Forced disclosure	196	81.3