Prevalence of depression among epileptic patients in Taif City, Saudi Arabia

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Table 1

- Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

clinical characteristics	n	(%)
Age
18-24	55	(36.7)
25-34	37	(24.7)
35-44	34	(22.7)
>=45	24	(16.0)
Gender
Female	77	(51.3)
Male	73	(48.7)
Region
Rural Taif	32	(21.3)
Urban Taif	118	(78.7)
Marital status
Single	82	(54.7)
Married	61	(40.7)
Divorced or Widowed	7	(4.7)
Education
Primary school	21	(14.0)
High school	50	(33.3)
College and above	57	(38.0)
Illiterate	22	(14.7)
Employment
Governmental	24	(16.0)
Private	10	(6.7)
Student	40	(26.7)
Unemployed	76	(50.7)
Duration of Epilepsy
<2 years	33	(22.0)
2-5 years	19	(12.7)
> 5 years	98	(65.3)
Incidence of seizures once in a month over the last 6 months
Never	108	(72.0)
Once	42	(28.0)
Type of convulsions
Focal	32	(21.3)
Generalized	118	(78.7)
Antiepileptic medications
No	9	(6.0)
Yes	141	(94.0)
Number of medications (N=141)
Monotherapy	92	(61.3)
Polytherapy	49	(32.7)

Table 2

- Prevalence of depression and its relationship with Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients and type of convulsion.

Characteristics	Depression					Total	P-value
Characteristics	Minimal or None	Mild	Moderate	Moderately severe	Severe	Total	P-value
Gender
Female	19 (54.3)	24 (47.1)	21 (67.7)	7 (35.0)	6 (46.2)	77 (51.3)	0.191
Male	16 (45.7)	27 (52.9)	10 (32.3)	13 (65.0)	7 (53.8)	73 (48.7)
Age (in years)
18-24	7 (20.0)	24 (47.1)	8 (25.8)	11 (55.0)	5 (38.5)	55 (36.7)	0.044
25-34	10 (28.6)	11 (21.6)	8 (25.8)	3 (15.0)	5 (38.5)	37 (24.7)
35-44	8 (22.9)	14 (27.5)	9 (29.0)	2 (10.0)	1 (7.7)	34 (22.7)
>=45	10 (28.6)	2 (3.9)	6 (19.4)	4 (20.0)	2 (15.4)	24 (16.0)
Residency
Rural Taif	6 (17.1)	13 (25.5)	6 (19.4)	4 (20.0)	3 (23.1)	32 (21.3)	0.909
Urban Taif	29 (82.9)	38 (74.5)	25 (80.6)	16 (80.0)	10 (76.9)	118 (78.7)
Duration of epilepsy
<2 years	6 (17.1)	9 (17.6)	7 (22.6)	7 (35.0)	4 (30.8)	33 (22.0)	0.567
2-5 years	3 (8.6)	6 (11.8)	5 (16.1)	4 (20.0)	1 (7.7)	19 (12.7)
>5 years	26 (74.3)	36 (70.6)	19 (61.3)	9 (45.0)	8 (61.5)	98 (65.3)
Type
Focal	10 (28.6)	11 (21.6)	5 (16.1)	4 (20.0)	2 (15.4)	32 (21.3)	0.756
Generalized	25 (71.4)	40 (78.4)	26 (83.9)	16 (80.0)	11 (84.6)	118 (78.7)

Table 3

- Comparison of depression and stress level with employment, drug therapy, number of drugs and family history.

Characteristics	Employment			Type of drug therapy		Family history of mental illness
Characteristics	Unemployed	Employed	Student	Monotherapy	Polytherapy	No	Yes
No stress	19 (54.3)	11 (31.4)	5 (14.3)	50 (64.1)	26 (41.3)	61 (62.2)	21 (40.4)
Low	24 (47.1)	8 (15.7)	19 (37.3)	16 (20.5)	18 (28.6)	20 (20.4)	13 (25.0)
High	18 (58.1)	6 (19.4)	7 (22.6)	12 (15.4)	19 (30.2)	17 (17.3)	18 (34.6)
Minimal or none	7 (35.0)	6 (30.0)	7 (35.0)	19 (24.4)	14 (22.2)	28 (28.6)	7 (13.5)
Mild	8 (61.5)	3 (23.1)	2 (15.4)	29 (37.2)	18 (28.6)	33 (33.7)	18 (34.6)
Moderate	38 (50.0)	19 (55.9)	25 (62.5)	14 (17.9)	15 (23.8)	20 (20.4)	11 (21.2)
Moderately severe	19 (25.0)	13 (38.2)	3 (7.5)	12 (15.4)	7 (11.1)	12 (12.2)	8 (15.4)
Severe	19 (25.0)	2 (5.9)	12 (30.0)	4 (5.1)	9 (14.3)	5 (5.1)	8 (15.4)