Table 2.

Clinical factors for antiepileptic drug adherence among patients with epilepsy at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=439)

Variables	Category	Freq	Percentage/mean
Age of onset of the illness(year)(M±SD)			19.73±10.42
Side effect of AED (M±SD)			36.67±9.47
Duration of illness	≤5 years	75	17
	6–10 years	92	21
	≥11 years	272	62
Presence of seizure per month	No	274	62.4
	Yes	165	37.6
Drug therapy	Monotherapy	307	69.9
	Polytherapy	132	30.1
Depression	Yes	158	36
	No	281	64
Anxiety	Yes	155	35.3
	No	284	64.7
Co-morbid medical diagnosis*	Yes	55	12.5
	No	384	87.5

^*Diabetes Mellitus, HIV/AIDS, Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure