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