Patients undergoing inpatient EEG in a hospital Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
Current interventions as of 12/12/2024:
In hospitalised patients for whom standard clinical EEG is already being performed, i.e., as part of their routine care, the researchers will additionally reco
Sponsors
Imperial College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged =18 years old 2. Undergoing an in-patient clinical EEG as part of routine care 3. In any patients who lack the capacity to consent: the involvement of the patient's consultee
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Suspected or proven base of skull fracture, or any other contraindication to insertion of material into either ear canal e.g. ear infection 2. Lacking the capacity to consent and no available consultee
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Recruitment rate recorded as the number of eligible participants who consent to participate in the study by 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This is a pilot/feasibility study. The study is partly motivated to determine the best outcome measures for this kind of work. One outcome measure will be the Cohen’s kappa, a measure of agreement between a clinical physiologist rating of normal/abnormality of the EEG (factoring out agreement due to chance), determined from (1) the in-ear EEG signal and (2) the standard clinical EEG, in the same patients (measured at a single visit). | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactGregory Scott
Outcome results
None listed