None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the level of compliance in wearing glasses for the purpose of measuring eyelid movements in relation to seizures in an outpatient setting. This will be achieved by objective measurement of time worn, in relation to temporal proximity of seizure events as well as using a questionnaire to assess the level of acceptance by participants in using the glasses. In addition it will be asses whether changes in eyelid movements occur immediately before, during and/or following NES, using the glasses and whether eyelid movements in NES patients exhibit different characteristics than in previously collected eyelid movement data from people without NES, including people with epilepsy.
Interventions
This is a single-site, prospective, pilot study using glasses (“Eagle Wireless Glasses”), which measures eyelid movements using infrared reflectance oculography. Adult (18 years or older) participants, pre-diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Seizure (NES) admitted or attending The Alfred Hospital meeting the selection criteria will be invited to participate in the study. Enrolled participants will be fitted and asked to wear the Eagle Wireless Glasses whilst doing a standardized vigilance test during
This is a single-site, prospective, pilot study using glasses (“Eagle Wireless Glasses”), which measures eyelid movements using infrared reflectance oculography. Adult (18 years or older) participants, pre-diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Seizure (NES) admitted or attending The Alfred Hospital meeting the selection criteria will be invited to participate in the study. Enrolled participants will be fitted and asked to wear the Eagle Wireless Glasses whilst doing a standardized vigilance test during a clinical visit. This is a 15 minute test that requires the participant to respond via button press to a shape changing on a monitor in front of them. They will then wear the glasses at home, during waking hours, for the subsequent week and record any seizures in a seizure diary. Ocular parameters will be recorded during wakefulness. A analysis of the times wearing glasses will be made against a number of parameters including total time worn during the week, wearing prior to a seizure, wearing during a seizure and wearing in the 15 minutes after a seizure.
Sponsors
The Alfred
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Is able to provide personally signed and dated informed consent to participate in the study or will have a legally authorized representative sign the informed consent on his or her behalf before completing any study-related procedures. Diagnosed with non-epileptic seizure events by seizure capture during video EEG monitoring. Minimal frequency of 1 seizure per week
Exclusion criteria
Participants with prescription glasses with a complex lens prescription that cannot be filled by the standard set of lenses provided by Optalert. Diagnosed with Epilepsy
Outcome results
None listed