Research Article
Medication Belief and Adherence among Patients with Epilepsy
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of epileptic patients (
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| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Gender | | Male | 179 (61.3) | Female | 113 (38.7) | Age in years | | 18-30 | 172 (58.9) | 31-60 | 112 (38.4) | >60 | 8 (2.7) | Marital status | | Married | 81 (27.7) | Single | 172 (58.9) | Divorce | 24 (8.2) | Widowed | 15 (5.1) | Residence | | Rural | 156 (53.4) | Urban | 136 (46.6) | Educational level | | Unable to write and read | 50 (17.1) | Primary school | 100 (34.2) | Secondary school | 124 (42.5) | Tertiary school | 18 (6.2) | Employment status | | Employed | 27 (27.9) | Unemployed | 207 (70.9) | Social drug use | | No | 250 (85.6) | Yes | 42 (14.4) | Monthly income | 315 (92.7) | ≤1500 | 152 (52.1) | >1500 | 140 (47.9) |
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