Table 2 Behaviour and therapeutic itinerary of patients with epilepsy
Variables | N (Frequency %) |
|---|---|
Patients’ beliefs about the origin of epilepsy | |
  Natural Disease | 31 (28.2) |
  Supernatural | 70 (69.96) |
  No opinion | 9 (8.2) |
Onset age | |
  0–10 | 53 (48.02) |
  11–30 | 40 (36.4) |
  31–50 | 11 (10.0) |
  > 51 | 6 (5.5) |
First consultation | |
  Traditional healers | 57 (51.8) |
  Male nurse | 4 (3.7) |
  General Practitioner | 48 (43.6) |
  Pharmacy | 1 (0.9) |