Frequency and prevalence of epilepsy among descendants of adult out-patients of an epilepsy center

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031459

Enrollment

1400

Registered

2023-03-09

Start date

2023-11-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

G40.2 G40.3

Interventions

Group 1: Analysis of the offspring of adult epilepsy patients, how many of them have epilepsy, physical and cognitive impairments. Group 2: control group with normal population in the literature

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy Outpatient treatment and questioning by the main investigator

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No confirmed epilepsy diagnosis

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Determination of the frequency of offspring of patients with epilepsy.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Determining the frequency of epilepsy, other physical or cognitive impairments among the offspring of patients with epilepsy.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBernhard Steinhoff

Epilepsiezentrum Kork

BSteinhoff@epilepsiezentrum.de+497851/84-2250

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026