Visual Illustration supporting Patient-Physician Communication in Epilepsy, a validation and reliability study of 24 seizure illustrations

• Conditions: G40.2; G40.1; Localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures; Localization-related (focal)(partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures

• Registration Number: DRKS00010949
• Lead Sponsor: Epilepsiezentrum Kork

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08-30
• Study Completion: 2018-03-31
• Results First Posted: 2020-09-10
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 101

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age between 18 and 60 years.

2. Participants with and without pre-existing knowledge of epilepsy including patients with epilepsy, persons who witnessed seizures or untrained-adults.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures 2. Participants with a medical or a psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could jeopardize or compromise the patient’s own health or ability to participate in the study: for example patients with status epilepticus, acute psychosis, acute respiratory distress, or participants with significant cognitive disorders etc.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary endpoint is the proportion of participants who correctly recognized each computer-generated image of seizures of the first questionnaire. To evaluate, whether the observed proportion is significantly greater than 0.5 or not, we use z approximation. We will also test the correlation between the cognitive ability and the score of total correct answer. The statistically significant is set at p < 0.05.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
We will test the intrarater reliability by compare between the first and the second questionnaire. The interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) will be used to test the intrarater reliability. Cronbach’s alpha will be used to analyze the interrater reliability.