Table 2 Screening, demographics, and baseline characteristics of PwE by center and by gender
Health center | Karwasa | Kimonyi | Gataraga | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Screening & diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||||
 Positive screening result | 660 | 369 | 279 | 1308 | ||||
 Epilepsy not confirmed [n (%)] | 361 (54.7) | 210 (56.9) | 148 (53.0) | 719 (55.0) | ||||
 Confirmed epilepsy [n (%)] | 299 (45.3) | 159 (43.1) | 131 (47.0) | 589 (45.0) | ||||
|  | p = 0.61 |  | ||||||
Gender | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
 n [%] | 152 (50.9) | 147 (49.1) | 118 (74.2) | 41 (25.8) | 77 (58.8) | 54 (41.2) | 347 (58.9) | 242 (41.1) |
|  | p ≤ 0.0001 |  | ||||||
Demographics and baseline characteristics of persons confirmed with epilepsy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | n = 291 | n = 159 | n = 130 | n = 580 | ||||
 Median | 18.0 | 35.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | ||||
 Mean ± SD | 23.0 ± 17.4 | 35.1 ± 21.4 | 30.4 ± 20.3 | 27.9 ± 19.9 | ||||
|  | p < 0.0001* |  | ||||||
Age by gender | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
 n [%] | 148 (50.9) | 143 (49.1) | 118 (74.2) | 41 (25.8) | 76 (58.5) | 54 (41.5) | 342 (59.0) | 238 (41.0) |
 Median | 23.5 | 14.0 | 40.0 | 15.0 | 32.0 | 20.5 | 31.0 | 15.0 |
 Mean ± SD | 26.4 ± 17.7 | 19.4 ± 17.7 | 39.9 ± 20.6 | 21.4 ± 17.4 | 33.8 ± 19.4 | 21.1 ± 20.9 | 25.5 ± 20.0 | 21.1 ± 17.7 |
|  | p = 0.0008* | p < 0.0001* | p = 0.0005* | p = 0.0065* | ||||
Age category by gender [n (%)] | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
 0–19 years | 63 (42.6) | 91 (63.6) | 27 (22.9) | 25 (61.0) | 24 (31.6) | 27 (50.0) | 114 (33.3) | 143 (60.1) |
 20– 39 years | 48 (32.4) | 35 (24.5) | 31 (26.3) | 9 (22.0) | 21 (27.6) | 15 (27.8) | 100 (29.2) | 59 (24.8) |
 ≥ 40 years | 37 (25.0) | 17 (11.9) | 60 (50.8) | 7 (17.1) | 31 (40.8) | 12 (22.2) | 128 (37.4) | 36 (15.1) |
|  | p = 0.0007 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.049 | p < 0.0001 | ||||
Income category [n (%)] | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
 Number | 149 | 147 | 117 | 39 | 74 | 53 | 340 | 239 |
 Level 1 | 32 (21.5) | 31 (21.1) | 38 (32.5) | 9 (23.1) | 14 (18.9) | 12 (22.6) | 84 (24.7) | 52 (21.8) |
 Level 2 | 72 (48.3) | 66 (44.9) | 67 (57.3) | 26 (66.7) | 43 (58.1) | 21 (39.6) | 182 (53.5) | 113 (47.3) |
 Level 3 | 45 (30.2) | 50 (34.0) | 12 (10.3 | 4 (10.3) | 17 (23.0) | 20 (37.7) | 74 (21.8) | 74 (31.0) |
|  | p = 0.77 | p = 0.52 | p = 0.1 | p = 0.044 | ||||
Social security coverage [n (%)] | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
Number | 150 | 145 | 117 | 40 | 75 | 53 | 342 | 238 |
 No | 99 (66.0) | 87 (60.0) | 52 (44.4) | 26 (65.0) | 43 (57.3) | 29 (54.7) | 194 (56.7) | 142 (59.7) |
 Yes | 51 (34.0) | 58 (40.0) | 65 (55.6) | 14 (35.0) | 32 (42.7) | 24 (45.3) | 148 (43.3) | 96 (40.3) |
|  | p = 0.29 | p = 0.025 | p = 0.77 | p = 0.48 | ||||
|  | p = 0.021 |  | ||||||