Physical Exercise as Complementary Management Strategy in People With Epilepsy
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G409- Epilepsy, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/07/020083
- Lead Sponsor
- Dept of Neurology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
People with generalized and partial epilepsy, on use of antiepileptic drugs (AED)
Age 18-65 yrs
Able to give full informed consent
Able to exercise at least three times a week, or would do so, were they not hindered by their epilepsy
Must be owning a Smartphone with ability to install Pedometer app (both iOS and Android versions available)
Seizure frequency : not more than four seizures a month
Baseline normal comprehension
Any medical problem that would preclude participation in a physical exercise program
Nonepileptic or psychogenic seizures
Pregnancy
Unable to give consent
Patients having severe mental retardation
Patient with significant non- neurological co-morbidities like chronic cardiac, renal and other systemic diseases that prevent physical activity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary Outcome Measure: <br/ ><br>Improvement in Quality of life using Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory scale (QOLIE-31) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Secondary Outcome Measure: <br/ ><br>Reduction in seizure frequency from baseline seizure frequency <br/ ><br>Reduction in body weight and body mass index from baseline <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Outcome measures will be examined at the initial baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months following initial baseline.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Reduction in seizure frequency from baseline seizure frequency. <br/ ><br>2.Reduction in body weight and body mass index from baseline.Timepoint: Outcome measures will be examined at the initial baseline, 1, 2, and 3 months following initial baseline.