3.1. Relationship between socio-demographic level/ clinical
profiles and adherence level in PWE
The mean age (SD) among the participant was 39.19(18.80). The mean (SD)
of the female among participant was 38.07(18.35) compare to the mean
(SD) value of 40.44(19.24) among male participant. The total number of
male participants was 445(47.3%) while that of female participant was
495(52.7%). The number of participants that were never married,
currently married, separated, widow/widower, cohabiting, divorce
respectively was 383(40.7%), 539(57.3%), 2(0.2%), 11(1.2%),
2(0.2%), 3(0.3%) respectively. The number of participants that had
none, primary, secondary, tertiary, postgraduate level of formal
education respectively was 45(4.8%), 37(3.9%), 350(37.2%),
414(44.0%), 94(10.0%) respectively. The level of adherence (high,
medium, low) in PWE were comparable with regards to gender, age, marital
status, formal education, seizure remission, and seizure type. Using the
MMAS, 545(90.2%), 28(4.6%) and 31(5.1%) of PWE in this study were
classified as having high, medium, and low adherence, respectively. (see
Table 1)