Research Article
Level of Acceptance of Illness and Its Association with Quality of Life among Patients with Epilepsy in North Shewa, Ethiopia
Table 1
The sociodemographic characteristics of patients with epilepsy at the Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, 2020/2021.
| Sociodemographic variable () | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Age | | | 18-25 | 35 | 36.4 | 26-34 | 30 | 31.3 | 35-44 | 16 | 16.7 | ≥45 | 15 | 15.6 | Sex | | | Male | 61 | 63.5 | Female | 35 | 36.5 | Marital status | | | Single | 48 | 50 | Married | 44 | 45.8 | Divorced | 4 | 4.2 | Educational status | | | Unable to read and write | 26 | 27.1 | Able to read and write | 10 | 10.4 | Primary school | 35 | 36.5 | Secondary school | 15 | 15.6 | Diploma and above | 10 | 10.4 | Seizure control | | | Controlled seizure | 66 | 68.7 | Uncontrolled seizure | 30 | 31.3 | Seizure frequency | | | Daily | 3 | 3.1 | Weekly | 9 | 9.4 | Monthly | 18 | 18.8 | Less than once a month | 66 | 68.7 | Length of AED treatment | | | 1-5 years | 51 | 53.1 | 6-10 years | 25 | 26.1 | 11-15 years | 7 | 7.3 | 16-20 years | 5 | 5.2 | ≥21 years | 8 | 8.3 | AEDs used for treatment | | | Phenobarbital | 71 | 73.9 | Carbamazepine | 12 | 12.5 | Sodium valproate | 6 | 6.3 | Phenytoin | 5 | 5.2 | Other | 2 | 2.1 |
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AEDs: antiepileptic drugs.
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