Relation of Perceived Stigma to Adverse Events of Medications in Patients with Epilepsy

Table 1

Clinical findings of study participants.

Clinical findings		(%)	SE
Type of epilepsy
Partial	99	64.7	3.88
Generalized	54	35.3	3.88
Type of seizures
(1) Partial
Simple partial	2	1.3	—
Complex partial	10	6.5	2.01
Partial with secondary generalization	34	22.2	3.37
(2) Generalized
Generalized tonic-clonic	52	34.0	3.84
(3) Polymorphic	55	36.0	3.89
Etiology of epilepsy
Idiopathic	46	30.0	3.72
Cryptogenic	55	36.0	3.89
Symptomatic	52	34.0	3.84
Recent seizure frequency
No seizures in recent years	46	30.1	3.72
Low (1 seizure/year or 1–11 seizures/year)	21	13.7	2.79
High (per month, per week, or daily)	86	56.2	4.02
Treatment
Monotherapy	54	35.3	3.88
polytherapy	99	64.7	3.88
Adverse events (AEs)
No	61	39.9	3.97
Yes	92	60.1	3.97