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First choice of treatment place in the pathways to epileptic care at the outpatient department of University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Cross-sectional institutional based study.
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- Help-seeking behavior of Jimma university students with common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2019Trial
- Incidence and predictors of seizure-related injuries among epileptic patients undergoing follow-up treatment at public hospitals in Central Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pathway to care and time to treatment among patients attending psychiatry service at Dilla, Ethiopia, a cross-sectional study.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
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- Biomedical drugs and traditional treatment in care seeking pathways for adults with epilepsy in Masindi district, Western Uganda: a household survey.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Epilepsy Treatment Outcome and Its Predictors among Ambulatory Patients with Epilepsy at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.Neurology research international · 2020Article
- Treatment response and predictors in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Cultural Sensitivity and Global Pharmacy Engagement in Africa.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2019Article
- Who are the real community health workers in Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo?BMJ global health · 2019Article
- Seizure-Related Injuries among People with Epilepsy at the Outpatient Department of the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Institutional-Based Study.Neurology research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundEpilepsy treatment gap range from 87% to 98%. In spite of this, there is a gross inadequacy of the availability, accessibility and affordability of Anti-Epileptic Drugs. In countries like Ethiopia, where most populations are less aware about mental health problems, most people seek help for their illness from traditional healers. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to assess the pathways to epilepsy care and associated factors.
methodsCross-sectional study design utilized among 409 participants selected by systematic random sampling technique. Pathways to epilepsy care were assessed by using the WHO Pathway Study tool. Multivariable logistic regression was done to identify factors associated with pathways to epileptic care.
resultsOverall, 162 (39.6%) of participants first contacted with modern treatment. Two hundred and forty seven (60.4%) of participants counted traditional healers and religious healers were the most common (47.2%). Being men, attending higher education, urban residence, short duration of illness, social support and age at the onset of illness were factors associated with first contact with modern treatment.
conclusionModern treatment was not the first place of choice for the majority of the respondents. Strengthening awareness creation program about epilepsy and its treatment is highly recommended with special emphases to urban dwellers and less educated people.
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