Research Article
Medication Belief and Adherence among Patients with Epilepsy
Table 2
Clinical and treatment-related characteristics of epileptic patients (
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| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Comorbidity | | No | 178 (61.0) | Yes | 114 (39) | Major comorbidities | | Psychiatric disorder | 49 (16.8) | Migraine headache | 25 (8.5) | Cardiovascular disorder | 24 (8.2) | Respiratory disorders | 16 (5.5) | Type of epilepsy | | Generalized epilepsy | 221 (75.7) | Focal epilepsy | 42 (14.4) | Unknown | 29 (9.9) | Type of seizure | | GTC | 215 (73.6) | Focal seizure | 42 (14.4) | Absence seizure | 6 (2.1) | Unclassified seizure | 29 (9.9) | Duration of treatment | | <5 | 114 (39) | ≥5 | 178 (61) | Commonly used medications | | Phenobarbitone | 160 (54.8) | Phenytoin | 152 (52.1) | Carbamazepine | 90 (30.8) | Valproate | 89 (30.5) | Seizure encounter in the last three months | | No | 159 (54.5) | Yes | 133 (45.5) | Number of medicines per patient | | <3 medication | 142 (48.6) | ≥3 medication | 150 (51.4) |
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