Healthy Aging in People With Epilepsy Program
- Conditions
- Epilepsy
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Healthy Aging in People with Epilepsy Program
- Registration Number
- NCT06052605
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
- Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test an educational program about dementia in older adults living with epilepsy. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Can providing education on healthy aging, chronic disease management, dementia, and modifiable lifestyle dementia risk factors improve dementia knowledge and health literacy among older adults with epilepsy?
2. Can aging related education and resources improve quality of life among older adults with epilepsy?
Participants will:
* Complete a 12-week group educational program.
* Complete pre- and post-program evaluation.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
- Current diagnosis of epilepsy made by a neurologist, epileptologist, or internist/family medicine physician
- Proficiency in English
- Dementia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description HAP-E Epilepsy Participants Healthy Aging in People with Epilepsy Program -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health literacy Pre and Post intervention (3 months) Short Assessment of Health Literacy-English is an 18-item scale assessing adult's ability to read and understand common medical terms.
Health Related Quality of life Pre and Post intervention (3 months) Quality of life in Epilepsy-31 is a self-report questionnaire assessing quality of life in individuals with epilepsy. It measures of overall quality of life, emotional well-being, role limitations due to emotional problems, social support, social isolation, energy/fatigue, worry about seizure, medication effects, health discouragement, work/driving/social function, physical function, pain, role limitations due to physical problems, health perception, and perceived problems with attention/concentration, language, memory.
Dementia Knowledge Pre and Post intervention (3 months) Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool was designed to measure change in knowledge of dementia including dementia and its progress, support, and care. It contains 21 true/false items.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Califonia, San Diego
🇺🇸San Diego, California, United States