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 characteristic | Frequency (N = 143) |
| Age | | 15–30 | 78 (54.6) | 31–45 | 46 (32.2) | 46 and above | 19 13.3) |
| Sex | | Male | 74 (51.7) | Female | 69 (48.3) |
| Marital status | | Married | 71 (49.7) | Single | 63 (44.1) | Divorced | 4 (2.8) | Widowed | 5 (3.5) |
| Occupation | | Government employee | 17 (11.9) | Farmers | 41 (28.7) | Students | 53 (37.1) | Merchants | 24 (16.8) | Daily labors | 8 (5.6) |
| Place of residence | | Rural | 88 (61.5) | Urban | 55 (38.5) |
| Level of education | | Not educated | 15 (10.5) | Primary (1–8) | 79 (55.2) | Secondary (9–12) | 27 (18.9) | College/university | 22 (15.4) |
| Monthly income | | Less than 500 | 35 (24.5) | 500–1000 | 51 (35.7) | 1000–2000 | 43 (30.1) | 2000 and above | 14 (9.7) |
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