Table 4.

Factors associated with school absenteeism of school age children and adolescents with seizure disorder attending follow up at PNC in TASH between April and July, 2018

Variables	School Absenteeism		COR(95%CI)	AOD (95% CI)
	No (%)	Yes (%)
Age groups
7–12 years	47	86	2.49(1.1–5.6)	2.01(0.83–5.24)
13–18 years	9	41
Sex
Male	39	63	2.33(1.2–4.6)	2.19(1.03–4.84)
Female	17	64
Family size
< 5 members	24	57	0.89(0.45–1.70)
≥5 members	32	70
Duration of seizure
< 5	9	8	3.12(1.64–6.05)	2.36(1.09–5.15)
≥5	47	119
Repeated grade
Never repeated	38	61	2.28(1.19–4.49)	1.57(0.73–3.42)
Repeated	18	66
Marital status of primary care giver
Single	28	7	0.51 (0.19–1.19)
Married	98	50
Educational status of primary care giver
< high school	16	57	1.0 (0.5–1.9)
High school	12	27	1.31 (0.2–27.4)
College +	28	41
Seizure frequency
= < 1 month	39	65	2.18(1.13–4.34)	1.55(0.69–3.55)
> 1 month	17	62
Seizure at school
No	42	53	4.19(2.1–8.4)	0.39(0.17–0.89)
Yes	14	74
Symptomatic seizure
No	35	104	2.71(1.33–1.55)	2.51(1.09–5.86)
Yes	21	23
Guardians disclosed epilepsy status to teacher
No	13	11	3.19(1.33–7.6)	0.40(0.13–1.18)
Yes	43	116