The Perception of Family Function by Adolescents with Epilepsy in a Rural Nigerian Community

Table 3

Relationship between some variables of the AWE and their perception of family function (Family APGAR).

AWE variables	Number of AWE; = 18 (%)	Family APGAR		value
		Functional	Dysfunctional
		= 3 (%)	= 15 (%)
Age (years)
>14	14 (77.8)	0	14 (93.3)	0.01^*
<14	4 (22.2)	3 (100)	1 (6.7)
Sex
Male	15 (83.3)	3 (100)	12 (80)	0.40^*
Female	3 (16.7)	0	3 (20)
Seizure frequency
Weekly	10 (55.6)	3 (100)	7 (46.7)	0.29^*
Monthly	8 (44.4)	0	8 (53.3)
School rejection
Yes	4 (22.2)	2 (66.7)	2 (13.3)	0.21^*
No	14 (77.8)	1 (33.3)	13 (86.7)
2nd school completion
Yes	4 (22.2)	0	4 (26.7)	0.80^*
No	14 (77.8)	3 (100)	11 (73.3)
Family history (epilepsy)
Positive	8 (44.4)	2 (66.7)	6 (40)	0.83^*
Negative	10 (55.6)	1 (33.3)	9 (60)

AWE: adolescents with epilepsy; ^*: with Yates’ correction.