Epileptic patients’ willingness to receive cell-phone based medication reminder in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2 Ownership and patterns of cellphone use among Epileptic patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 262)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Own more than one cell phone	Yes	52	19.9
Own more than one cell phone	No	210	80.15
Have cell phone with them	Always	149	56.9
	Most of the time	78	29.8
	Sometimes	35	13.3
Share cellphone with others	Yes	30	11.5
Share cellphone with others	No	232	88.5
Cellphone damaged, lost or stolen in the past	Yes	89	34.0
Cellphone damaged, lost or stolen in the past	No	173	66.0
Switch off cellphone	Yes	119	45.4
Switch off cellphone	No	143	54.6
Don’t answer calls in some places or times	Yes	138	52.7
Don’t answer calls in some places or times	No	124	47.3
Can use text messaging service	Yes	203	77.5
Can use text messaging service	No	59	22.5
Text messages can be seen by others	Always	42	16.0
	Most of the time	82	31.3
	Sometimes	102	38.9
	Never	36	13.8
Use internet with mobile phone	Yes	152	58.0
Use internet with mobile phone	No	110	42.0

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