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Table 3 Distribution of study subjects by (causal, contagion, heritability, treatability and mental illness belief) of people with epilepsy (n = 296) up at Ayder on- follow comprehensive specialized hospital and Mekelle hospital, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2019

From: Prevalence and associated factors of depression among people with epilepsy in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Cause of epilepsy

  

I don't know

69

23.3

Spiritual possession

39

13.2

Evil eye

19

6.4

Family history

32

10.8

Pathogens

6

2.0

Sinful act

37

12.5

Walks around garbage, dumps, ashes, walking along a river ……

94

31.8

Contagious

  

No

255

86.1

Yes

41

13.9

Heritable

  

No

235

79.4

Yes

61

20.6

Mental illness

  

No

115

38.9

Yes

181

61.1

Treatable

  

No

33

11.1

Yes

263

88.9

By what means?

  

Hole water

1

0.3

Traditional treatment

2

0.6

Modern medicine

222

75.0

Hole water and modern medicine

41

14.0