Table 1.
|
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.