Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants
Variable | Category | N | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 133 | 56.4 |
Female | 103 | 43.6 | |
Age of the participants (Years) | < 5 | 89 | 37.7 |
5–10 | 105 | 44.5 | |
> 10 | 42 | 17.8 | |
Age of onset of seizures (Months) | < 1 | 65 | 27.5 |
1–12 | 79 | 33.5 | |
> 12 | 92 | 39 | |
Number of medications currently using | One | 143 | 60.6 |
Two | 73 | 30.9 | |
Three or more | 20 | 8.5 | |
Appropriateness of ASM | Yes | 210 | 89 |
No | 26 | 11 | |
Caregiver-reported adherence | Good | 223 | 94.5 |
Bad | 13 | 5.5 | |
Use of alternative therapies concurrently | Yes | 22 | 9.3 |
No | 214 | 90.7 | |
Consanguinity | Yes | 7 | 3 |
Epilepsy Type | Generalized | 159 | 67.4 |
Focal | 64 | 27.1 | |
Combined | 13 | 5.5 | |
Epilepsy Syndromes | Yes | 38 | 16.1 |
No | 198 | 83.9 |