Prevalence and Associated Factors of Mental Distress among Caregivers of Patients with Epilepsy in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Design

Table 2

Clinical Characteristics as reported by caregivers of patients with epilepsy, Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017 (n=409).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage ()
Known medical illness of caregivers	Yes	42	10.3
	No	367	89.7
Co-morbid illness of patient	Yes	62	15.2
	No	347	84.8
Duration of illness
	Less than 5 years	158	38.6
	5-10 years	107	26.2
	11-19 years	74	18.1
	20-29 years	55	13.4
	30-39 years	15	3.7
Seizure experience in the past 3 months	Yes	191	46.7
	No	218	53.3