Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics
| |
Butabika |
Mulago |
Overall |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N (75) | % (100) | N (100) | % (100) | N (175) | % (100) |
|
Age group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 15 – 19 |
23 |
30.7 |
24 |
24.0 |
47 |
26.9 |
| 20 – 24 |
23 |
30.7 |
30 |
30.0 |
53 |
30.3 |
| 25-29 |
8 |
10.7 |
21 |
21.0 |
29 |
16.6 |
| 30+ |
21 |
28.0 |
25 |
25.0 |
46 |
20.3 |
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
48 |
64.0 |
47 |
47.0 |
95 |
54.3 |
| Female |
27 |
36.0 |
53 |
53.0 |
80 |
45.7 |
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Married |
8 |
10.7 |
14 |
14.0 |
22 |
12.6 |
| Separated |
4 |
5.3 |
14 |
14.0 |
18 |
10.3 |
| Never married |
63 |
84.0 |
72 |
72.0 |
135 |
77.1 |
|
Education level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None |
12 |
16.0 |
11 |
11.0 |
23 |
13.1 |
| Primary |
32 |
42.7 |
35 |
35.0 |
67 |
38.3 |
| Incomplete secondary |
22 |
29.3 |
42 |
42.0 |
64 |
36.6 |
| Complete secondary |
9 |
12.0 |
12 |
12.0 |
21 |
12 |
|
*Epilepsy type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Generalized |
70 |
93.3 |
76 |
76.8 |
146 |
83.9 |
| Partial |
5 |
6.7 |
23 |
23.2 |
28 |
16.1 |
|
Type of therapy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mono therapy |
28 |
37.3 |
8 |
8.0 |
36 |
20.6 |
| Poly-therapy |
47 |
62.7 |
92 |
92.0 |
139 |
79.4 |
|
Referral to hospital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| H/worker |
13 |
17.3 |
53 |
53.5 |
66 |
37.9 |
| Self-referral |
46 |
61.3 |
46 |
46.5 |
92 |
52.9 |
| Other |
16 |
21.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
16 |
9.2 |
|
Duration on treatment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3-12 months |
19 |
25.3 |
47 |
47.0 |
66 |
37.7 |
| More than 12 months | 56 | 74.7 | 53 | 53.0 | 109 | 62.3 |
*For epilepsy type - data was missing for one participant.