Research Article

Epilepsy Treatment Outcome and Its Predictors among Ambulatory Patients with Epilepsy at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of epileptic patients on AEDs at MTUTH from March 10 to April 10, 2018.

Sociodemographic characteristicFrequency (N = 143)

Age
 15–3078 (54.6)
 31–4546 (32.2)
 46 and above19 13.3)

Sex
 Male74 (51.7)
 Female69 (48.3)

Marital status
 Married71 (49.7)
 Single63 (44.1)
 Divorced4 (2.8)
 Widowed5 (3.5)

Occupation
 Government employee17 (11.9)
 Farmers41 (28.7)
 Students53 (37.1)
 Merchants24 (16.8)
 Daily labors8 (5.6)

Place of residence
 Rural88 (61.5)
 Urban55 (38.5)

Level of education
 Not educated15 (10.5)
 Primary (1–8)79 (55.2)
 Secondary (9–12)27 (18.9)
 College/university22 (15.4)

Monthly income
 Less than 50035 (24.5)
 500–100051 (35.7)
 1000–200043 (30.1)
 2000 and above14 (9.7)