Table 2 Description of psychosocial and clinical factors among rural residents, in Gedeo zone 2019 (n = 732)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Stigma related to epilepsy | Yes | 347 | 47.4 |
No | 385 | 52.6 | |
Social support | Poor | 451 | 61.6 |
Moderate | 249 | 34.0 | |
Strong | 32 | 4.4 | |
History of epilepsy | Yes | 54 | 7.4 |
No | 678 | 92.6 | |
Get help for illness | Yes | 12 | 1.6 |
No | 720 | 98.4 | |
Place of treatment | Health institutions | 2 | 16.7 |
Religious centers | 7 | 58.3 | |
Traditional healers | 3 | 25.0 | |
Reason not to get help | No treatment | 31 | 73.8 |
No money | 1 | 2.4 | |
Does not need treatment | 10 | 23.8 | |
Family history of epilepsy | Yes | 61 | 8.3 |
No | 671 | 91.7 | |
Family history of mental illness | Yes | 76 | 10.4 |
No | 656 | 89.6 | |
Previous history of head injury | Yes | 58 | 7.9 |
No | 674 | 92.1 |