Coping with chronic epilepsy depending on age at seizure onset and epilepsy duration

Coping with chronic epilepsy depending on age at seizure onset and epilepsy duration - CopeByTime

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00040102

Enrollment

5000

Registered

2026-04-27

Start date

2026-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

G40

Interventions

Group 1: Retrospective, non-interventional, monocentric single-arm study of the effects of age at seizure onset/life stage and epilepsy duration/time for adaptation on coping with the disease, as asse

sociodemographic variables, such as sex, education, and insurance status

and neuropsychological data, such as attention/executive functions, memory, etc., will be included in the retrospective analysis of variance in coping with the disease, as reflected by mood at the tim

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: diagnosed epilepsy, at least one anti-seizure drug at time of neuropsychological assessment, age at seizure onset and epilepsy duration in the predefined time windows (adolescence, adult age, <1 year, 10+ years).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (no further criteria)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Beck Depression Inventory, Total Score The BDI is essential part of the initial neuropsychological assessment at our centre. Questionnaire (patient-reported outcome)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
health-related quality of life: Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory, QOLIE-10	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactChristian Hoppe

Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Epileptologie

christian.hoppe@ukbonn.de+49 228 28716172

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026