Behavioural Neurology / 2016 / Article / Tab 2 / 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 2 The association between default from clinic appointments and seizure related variables.
Nondefaulter (%) Defaulters (%) valueSeizure type Generalized tonic clonic 64 (80.00) 16 (20.00) 10.62 0.22 Complex partial 14 (82.35) 3 (17.65) Simple partial 4 (66.67) 2 (33.33) Absence 2 (66.67) 1 (33.33) Other seizures 3 (42.86) 4 (57.14) Age at onset of epilepsy (years) <2 8 (80.00) 2 (20.00) 0.06 0.92 2–5 36 (76.60) 11 (23.40) >5 43 (76.79) 13 (23.21) Antiepileptic medication Carbamazepine 34 (82.93) 7 (17.07) 16.13 0.02 Phenobarbitone 16 (66.67) 6 (33.33) Sodium valproate
14 (93.33) 1 (6.67) Phenytoin 3 (50.00) 3 (50.00) Others 4 (66.67) 2 (33.33) Seizure control Excellent 9 (81.82) 2 (18.18) 3.75 0.29 Good 20 (83.33) 4 (16.67) Partial 43 (79.63) 11 (20.37) Poor 15 (62.50) 9 (37.50) Previous history of status epilepticus No 75 (77.32) 22 (22.68) 0.76 Yes 12 (75.00) 4 (25.00) Family history of epilepsy No 73 (80.22) 18 (19.78) 2.75 0.1 Yes 14 (63.64) 8 (36.36) Electroencephalogram finding Normal 7 (63.64) 4 (36.36) 0.47 Abnormal 30 (75.00) 10 (25.00) Associated abnormality Absent 73 (79.35) 22 (20.65) 0.31 0.80 Present 14 (77.78) 4 (22.22)