Table 2. Clinical characteristics of epileptic patients attending at the neurology clinic of TASH, 2017.
Variables | Number (n) | Percentage (%) | ||
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Types of seizure | Generalized seizure | 197 | 67.7 | |
GTCS | 193 | 66.3 | ||
Myoclonic | 3 | 1.0 | ||
Absence | 1 | 0.3 | ||
Partial seizure | 71 | 24.4 | ||
Simple partial | 19 | 6.5 | ||
Complex partial | 23 | 7.9 | ||
Focal with secondary generalization | 29 | 10.0 | ||
Unclassified* | 23 | 7.9 | ||
Follow up years | < 2 years | 49 | 16.8 | |
2–5 years | 53 | 18.2 | ||
6–10 years | 69 | 23.7 | ||
>10 years | 120 | 41.2 | ||
Seizure free period | < 1 year | 191 | 65.6 | |
1–2 years | 46 | 15.8 | ||
2–5 years | 33 | 11.3 | ||
>5 year | 21 | 7.7 | ||
Number of seizure episode per year | None | 102 | 35.1 | |
1–5 | 120 | 41.2 | ||
6–10 | 32 | 11.0 | ||
>10 | 37 | 12.7 | ||
Co-morbid conditions | HIV | 20 | 6.9 | |
CRVHD/CHF | 8 | 2.7 | ||
Major depressive disorder | 10 | 3.4 | ||
Migraine headache | 3 | 1.0 | ||
Mental retardation | 5 | 1.7 | ||
HTN | 12 | 4.1 | ||
Stroke | 7 | 2.4 | ||
Others | 14 | 4.8 |
“*Unclassified seizure”, a seizure which is diagnosed by the physician as “Epilepsy” or “seizure disorder”; GTCS, Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizure; HIV, human immune virus; CHF, Congestive Heart Failure; CRVHD, Chronic Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease.