Epilepsy is one of the common chronic neurologic disorders characterized by recurrent seizure which is a brief period of uncontrolled involuntary shaking. It may be partial, involving only one part of the body, or generalized, involving the entire body, and they may be accompanied by loss of consciousness and loss of control of bowel or bladder function. In some case it is unclassified. Patient with epilepsy may continue to experience any of the above types of seizure while getting AEDs treatment(1, 2).Partial seizure also further classified as partial with secondary generalization if a clinical description of an antecedent symptom (aura), or a clear electroencephalographic signature of focality is indicated, whereas generalized seizure(generalized
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Epileptic patient have poor health outcomes, including greater psychological distress, depression, anxiety, employment restriction, more physical injuries such as fractures and burns, and increased mortality ,beside all this epileptic seizures results in devastating social consequences which results in poor quality of life (1). Seizure frequency is significant factor for depression which is the among the leading cause of disability. When the number of seizure frequency increases patient probability of developing perceived stigma also increase which further results in the devastating social consequences and complicate patient quality of …show more content…
Different studies shows that patient socio demographic status are risk factors for epilepsy and/or increase seizure frequency include age, sex, educational status, occupation (working hours)and ethnicity (2, 7, 22-24). However, a cross sectional study conducted in Egypt showed that there is no significant difference in age, sex, age of onset of epilepsy, duration of disease and type of seizure among those who experience seizure and those who don’t but Number of antiepileptic drug (monotherapy and polytherapy) is significantly associated with seizure frequency (18). This may be because of small number of sample size used in the
Epileptic patient have poor health outcomes, including greater psychological distress, depression, anxiety, employment restriction, more physical injuries such as fractures and burns, and increased mortality ,beside all this epileptic seizures results in devastating social consequences which results in poor quality of life (1). Seizure frequency is significant factor for depression which is the among the leading cause of disability. When the number of seizure frequency increases patient probability of developing perceived stigma also increase which further results in the devastating social consequences and complicate patient quality of …show more content…
Different studies shows that patient socio demographic status are risk factors for epilepsy and/or increase seizure frequency include age, sex, educational status, occupation (working hours)and ethnicity (2, 7, 22-24). However, a cross sectional study conducted in Egypt showed that there is no significant difference in age, sex, age of onset of epilepsy, duration of disease and type of seizure among those who experience seizure and those who don’t but Number of antiepileptic drug (monotherapy and polytherapy) is significantly associated with seizure frequency (18). This may be because of small number of sample size used in the