Outpatient Long-term Video EEG to Improve Epilepsy Diagnostics

Conditions

G40 R56.8 F44.5

Ricarda Sophia Schulz, Pauline Sarah Münchenberg, Carmen C. Thomas, Alice Charlotte Dorison, Hans-Aloys Wischmann et al. (38 authors)

BMC Health Services Research2025-04-18

10.1186/s12913-025-12738-1

Effect evaluation of outpatient long-term video EEGs for people with seizure disorders – study protocol of the ALVEEG project: a randomized controlled trial in Germany

Pauline Sarah Münchenberg, Ricarda Sophia Schulz, Kerstin Wainwright, Imke Mayer, Martin Holtkamp et al. (34 authors)

BMC Health Services Research2024-08-274 citations

10.1186/s12913-024-11076-y

Interventions

Group 1: Outpatient long-term video-EEG monitoring: The participant is equipped with the outpatient long-term video-EEG system in the ALVEEG outpatient clinic, and EEG and ECG electrodes are applied.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Statutory health insurance; at least one seizure during the last 12 months or diagnosis of epilepsy; indication for non-invasive video-EEG monitoring (OPS 1-210; indications 1-4); internet and/or 4G access at home; presenting to one of the abovementioned epilepsy centres; written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Indication for epilepsy surgery (OPS 1-210; indication 5); psychosocial needs

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diagnostic yield	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Therapy optimisation Process optimisation	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed