A study to find the link between socio-economic status and use of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDS) in children with seizure disorder.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G409- Epilepsy, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/10/021684
- Lead Sponsor
- DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patient of either gender and age:1-17 years.
2. Patient with primary diagnosis for epilepsy {International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Revisions (ICD-9 and ICD-10) codes}.
3. Patient with epilepsy with at least one prescription of an AED during the specified time period.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Pediatric patient of age less than 12 months and more than 17 years.
2. Parents not willing to give written consent. 3. Patients with status epilepticus.
4. Seizures associated with paralytic stroke, trauma, malignancy.
5. Patients with uncertain diagnosis.
6. Children having pathological liver disease and renal disorder.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Association between socio-demographic variables and prescription of Anti-epileptic drugs in children with seizure disordersTimepoint: Baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the side effects of anti-epileptic drugs in children with epilepsyTimepoint: Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks