Self-management Intervention for adults with epilepsy
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Epilepsie
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25737
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht UniversitySchool for Public Health and Primary Care (Caphri). Department of Health Services ResearchPostbus 616 6200MD Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosed with epilepsy
- Using anti-epileptic drugs
- Age at least 18 years
- Living at home (Netherlands)
- Able and willing to use a Smartphone in the program.
- Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Insufficient mental ability to understand, learn from and profit from the self-management
treatment on the basis of clinical judgement of the treating neurologist.
- Insufficient command of the Dutch language based on clinical judgement.
- Inability to function in a group because of mood or behavioural problems as assessed
by the neurologist.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Epilepsy Self-Efficacy Scale-33 items (ESES). The ESES is a 33-item scale that measures different aspects of efficacy within the self-management of epilepsy. The items represent three dimensions of self-management: medication management, seizure management, and general management including safety and health. Items are rated on an 11-point Likert rating scale, ranging from 0, not at all certain I can do”, to 10, very certain I can do”. The total possible scores for the ESES range from 0 to 330. Higher scores correspond to higher levels of confidence in ability to manage epilepsy.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method