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

Table 4

Reasons for nonadherence among epileptic patients on AEDs at MTUTH from March 10 to April 10, 2018.

Reasons for no adherence	Reasons for nonadherence	Frequency	Percent
Patient-related factors	You cannot afford to buy the medications	44	40.7
	The schedule of your work makes it impossible	23	21.3
	Forget to take medications	11	10.2
	Medication-related side effect	16	14.8
Medication-related factor	Misunderstanding of instructions about how to take the drugs	11	10.2
Health system-related factor	Lack of free medicine supply	6	5.6
	Lack of education about AEDs	34	31.5
	Poor relationship between patient and physician	8	7.4
Condition-related factors	Forgetfulness	47	43.5
	Memory deficits	7	6.5
	High frequency of seizure	3	2.8
	Duration and previous treatment failure	1	0.93
Socioeconomic-related factors	Long distance from treatment setting	30	27.8
	High cost of medication	21	19.4