Table 2

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

CharacteristicsDepressionTotalP-value
Minimal or NoneMildModerateModerately severeSevere
Gender
Female19 (54.3)24 (47.1)21 (67.7)7 (35.0)6 (46.2)77 (51.3)0.191
Male16 (45.7)27 (52.9)10 (32.3)13 (65.0)7 (53.8)73 (48.7) 
Age (in years)
18-247 (20.0)24 (47.1)8 (25.8)11 (55.0)5 (38.5)55 (36.7)0.044
25-3410 (28.6)11 (21.6)8 (25.8)3 (15.0)5 (38.5)37 (24.7) 
35-448 (22.9)14 (27.5)9 (29.0)2 (10.0)1 (7.7)34 (22.7) 
>=4510 (28.6)2 (3.9)6 (19.4)4 (20.0)2 (15.4)24 (16.0) 
Residency
Rural Taif6 (17.1)13 (25.5)6 (19.4)4 (20.0)3 (23.1)32 (21.3)0.909
Urban Taif29 (82.9)38 (74.5)25 (80.6)16 (80.0)10 (76.9)118 (78.7) 
Duration of epilepsy
<2 years6 (17.1)9 (17.6)7 (22.6)7 (35.0)4 (30.8)33 (22.0)0.567
2-5 years3 (8.6)6 (11.8)5 (16.1)4 (20.0)1 (7.7)19 (12.7) 
>5 years26 (74.3)36 (70.6)19 (61.3)9 (45.0)8 (61.5)98 (65.3) 
Type
Focal10 (28.6)11 (21.6)5 (16.1)4 (20.0)2 (15.4)32 (21.3)0.756
Generalized25 (71.4)40 (78.4)26 (83.9)16 (80.0)11 (84.6)118 (78.7)