Table 1: Socio-Demographic characteristics of the study participants and distribution of adolescents with epilepsy based on seizure variables.
|
Adolescents with epilepsy n (%) |
Controls n (%) |
Chi square |
p value |
Gender |
|
|
0 |
1 |
Male |
82 (56.6) |
82 (56.6) |
|
|
Female |
63 (43.4) |
63 (43.4) |
|
|
Total |
145 (100.0) |
145 (100.0) |
|
|
Age groups |
|
|
0 |
1 |
Early adolescent |
61 (42.1) |
61 (42.1) |
||
Mid adolescent |
57 (39.3) |
57 (39.3) |
|
|
Late adolescent |
27 (18.6) |
27 (18.6) |
|
|
Total |
145 (100.0) |
145 (100.0) |
|
|
Socio-economic class |
|
|
8.415 |
0.015* |
Lower |
29 (20.0) |
14 (9.7) |
|
|
Middle |
47 (32.4) |
41 (28.3) |
|
|
Upper |
69 (47.6) |
90 (62.1) |
|
|
Total |
145 (100.0) |
145 (100.0) |
|
|
Seizure variables of adolescents with epilepsy |
|
|
|
|
Seizure type |
|
|
|
|
Generalized tonic clonic |
65 (44.8) |
|
|
|
Atonic |
15 (10.3) |
|
|
|
Absence |
16 (11.0) |
|
|
|
Focal impaired awareness |
31 (21.4) |
|
|
|
Focal to bilateral tonic clonic |
15 (10.3) |
|
|
|
Focal aware |
3 (2.1) |
|
|
|
Total |
145 (100.0) |
|
|
|
Seizure frequency in the past 12 months |
|
|
|
|
None |
48 (33.1) |
|
|
|
01-Dec |
80 (55.2) |
|
|
|
> 12 |
17 (11.7) |
|
|
|
Total |
145 (100.0) |
|
|
|
Number of anti-epileptic medications used in treatment |
|
|
|
|
1 |
105 (72.4) |
|
|
|
> 1 |
40 (27.6) |
|
|
|
Total |
145 (100.0) |
|
|
|
*Statistically significant at p < 0.05