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

Table 2

Clinical information and seizure treatment outcome among epileptic patients on AEDs at MTUTH from March 10 to April 10, 2018.

Clinical information and determinants of prognostic factors	Frequency (%)
Status of treatment outcome
Well-controlled	56 (39.2)
Poorly controlled	87 (60.8)
Types of epilepsy
Generalized tonic-clonic seizure	111 (77.6)
Unclassified epilepsy	32 (22.4)
Time on AEDs
2–5 years	120 (83.9)
5 years and above	23 (16.1)
Follow-up in the clinic
2–5 years	115 (80.5)
5 years and above	28 (19.6)
Frequency of seizure attack/week before AEDs initiation
<4	69 (48.2)
≥4	74 (52.8)
Comorbidity
Yes	40 (28.0)
No	103 (72.0)
Types of comorbidity
Psychiatric conditions	19 (13.3)
Hypertension	11 (7.7)
Diabetic mellitus	7 (4.9)
Heart failure	3 (2.1)
Triggering factors
Yes	105 (73.4)
No	38 (26.6)
Types of triggering factors
Emotional stress	63 (44.0)
Sleep deprivation	37 (25.9)
Missing medication	23 (16.1)
Heavy alcohol use	5 (3.9)
Chat and stimulant	4 (2.8)
Others	9 (6.3)
Time since seizure-free
2–5 yrs	47 (32.9)
5 and above	9 (6.3)
Time to enter remission phase
2–5 yrs	39 (27.3)
5 and above	17 (11.9)
History of head injury
Yes	68 (47.5)
No	75 (52.4)
Time of head injury
Before seizure occurrence	53 (37.0)
After seizure occurrence	15 (10.5)
EEG abnormality
Yes	90
No	53

Others: dust, anger, high temperature, and headache. ECG: electrocardiogram.