Patients' knowledge about epilepsy in a tertiary medical center: A cross-sectional study from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Objective: Epilepsy is a noncommunicable disease that affects approximately 65 million people worldwide. Its management depends greatly on the self-management capacity of the individual. Patients with epilepsy (PWE) who have a good level of knowledge about their disease tend to have better coping mechanisms, as well as better compliance in taking their antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), which improves overall control of symptoms.