Investigation on the Influencing Factors Related to Quality of Life of Adult Epilepsy Patients in Wenzhou, China, Based on Structural Equation Model

Table 2

Analysis of the prevalence of epilepsy among the subjects.

Prevalence		Cases (n)	Percentage (%)
Pathogeny	Inheritance	20	10.5
	Structure	77	40.5
	Infected	5	2.6
	Unknown	88	46.3
Age of onset (years)	≤10	31	16.3
	11–20	79	41.6
	21–30	53	27.9
	≥31	27	14.2
Course of disease (years)	≤5	50	26.3
	6–10	62	32.6
	11–20	47	24.7
	≥21	31	16.3
Seizure type	Simple part	10	5.3
	Complex part	45	23.7
	Secondary comprehensiveness	103	54.2
	Full-scale attack	20	10.5
	Absence attack	11	5.8
	Myoclonus	1	.5
Seizure frequency	>Once a week	14	7.4
	Once a week to once a month	52	27.4
	Once a month to once a year	58	30.5
	<1 time/year	66	34.7
No attack months after treatment	Within 1 month	65	34.2
	January to June	44	23.2
	July to December	18	9.5
	13–24 months	27	14.2
	≥25 months	36	18.9
Intractable	Yes	43	22.6
	No	147	77.4
Number of drugs used	0 species	4	2.1
	1	86	45.3
	2 kinds	87	45.8
	3 kinds	13	6.8