Table 1 Characteristics of participants
From: The stigma of epilepsy and its effects on marital status
PWE’s | df | T-test | p- value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | ||||
Age (years) | (n = 179) | (n = 195) | 372 | 14.21 | 0.51 |
Mean ± SD | 27.44 ± 6.57 | 27.93 ± 7.76 | |||
Age range (years) | 372 | 5.3 | <0.001 | ||
18-20 | 43 (24.0%) | 65 (33.3%) | |||
21-30 | 72 (40.2%) | 41 (21.1%) | |||
31-40 | 64 (35.8%) | 89 (45.6%) | |||
Age of seizure onset | 372 | 21.7 | |||
Mean ± SD | 12.78 ± 9.69 | 13.61 ± 9.42 | 0.45 | ||
Age of seizure onset (years) | 372 | 8.3 | 0.4 | ||
≤10 | 92 (51.4%) | 93 (47.7%) | |||
11-20 | 47 (26.3%) | 49 (25.1%) | |||
21-30 | 25 (14.0%) | 40 (20.5%) | |||
31-40 | 15 (8.4%) | 13 (6.7%) | |||
Level of education (years) | 372 | 22.5 | 0.015 | ||
Not educated (0) | 40 (22.3%) | 23 (11.8%) | |||
Elementary school (1–6) | 39 (21.8%) | 60 (30.8%) | |||
Secondary school (7–9) | 24 (13.4%) | 35 (17.9%) | |||
High school (10–12) | 35 (19.6%) | 44 (22.6%) | |||
College & university (>12) | 41 (22.9%) | 33 (16.9%) | |||
Marital status | 372 | 32.4 | <0.001 | ||
Single | 19 (10.6%) | 48 (24.6%) | |||
Married | 77 (43.0%) | 25 (12.8%) | |||
Divorced | 83 (46.4%) | 122 (62.6%) | |||
Epilepsy classification a | 372 | 9.3 | 0.732 | ||
TCE | 152 (84.9%) | 159 (81.5%) | |||
ME | 13 (7.3%) | 18 (9.2%) | |||
TE | 11 (6.1%) | 16 (8.2%) | |||
AE | 3 (1.7%) | 2 (1.0%) | |||
Undetermined b | 97 | ||||