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Table 2 Seizure related information of school age children and adolescents with seizure disorder attending follow up at PNC in TASH between April and July, 2018

From: The effect of seizure on school attendance among children with epilepsy: a follow-up study at the pediatrics neurology clinic, Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Age at onset

 < 1 year

36

19.7

 1–5 year

76

41.5

 > 5 year

71

38.8

 Mean/±SD = 4.6/3.6

  

Duration of epilepsy in years

 < 5

70

38.3

 ≥ 5

113

61.7

 Mean/±SD = 5.7/3.5

  

Seizure type

 Focal onset

49

26.8

 Generalized onset

132

72.1

 Unknown onset

2

1.1

Seizure frequency

 ≤1 per month

104

56.8

 > 1per month

79

43.2

Type of therapy (n = 182)a

 Monotherapy

130

71.4

 Monotherapy& have side effects

3

1.6

 Poly-therapy

46

25.3

 Poly-therapy & have side effects

3

1.6

Comorbidity

 Yes

47

25.7

 No

136

74.3

Symptomatic epilepsy with a known cause

 Yes

44

24.0

 No

139

76.0

Seizure control

 Complete seizure control

92

50.3

 Partial seizure control

57

31.1

 Poor seizure control

33

18.0

 Not documented

1

0.5

  1. aAEDs used were Sodium Valproate, Carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin, and Clonazepam. We also use Lamotrigine and Levetiracetam in very few patients as it is less available and expensive