Research Article
Assessment of Quality of Life of Epileptic Patients in Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of study participants at UoGRH; Northwest Ethiopia, 2017.
| Clinical character | Category | Frequency () | Percent (%) |
| Age at diagnosis | ≤15 years old | 104 | 29.4 | 16–30 years old | 194 | 54.8 | 31–45 years old | 34 | 9.6 | >46 years old | 22 | 6.2 |
| Types of seizure/epilepsy | Focal seizure | 5 | 1.4 | Generalized tonic-clonic epilepsy | 305 | 86.2 | Unclassified epileptic | 44 | 12.4 |
| Number of AEDs | Monotherapy | 291 | 82.2 | Two drug combination | 62 | 17.5 | Three drug combination | 1 | 0.3 |
| Presence of comorbidity | Yes | 36 | 10.2 | No | 318 | 89.8 |
| Duration of epilepsy | <3 years | 105 | 29.7 | 3–5 years | 69 | 19.5 | 6–10 years | 89 | 25.1 | >10 years | 91 | 25.7 |
| Frequency of seizure during last follow up | No seizure | 250 | 70.6 | 1 or 2 seizure | 79 | 22.3 | 3–5 seizure | 15 | 4.2 | >5 seizure | 10 | 2.8 |
| Frequency of seizure during last year | Free of seizure | 129 | 36.4 | 1–5 seizure | 193 | 54.5 | 6–10 seizure | 20 | 5.6 | >10 | 12 | 3.4 |
| Current status of epilepsy | Controlled | 129 | 36.4 | Improving | 199 | 56.2 | No change | 20 | 5.6 | Deteriorated | 6 | 1.7 |
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