Epilepsy
Conditions
Keywords
Epilepsy, Seizure diary, Mobile application
Brief summary
The study is intended to evaluate the impact of mobile application on management and knowledge acquisition in patients with epilepsy.
Detailed description
Investigators assess the general and personal knowledge of epilepsy, compliance of antiepileptic drugs (AED), and self efficacy scale. Participants be asked to use the mobile application (Brain4U) and record seizure type, frequency of seizures, aggravating factors, and adverse events related to antiepileptic drugs for 2 month period.
Interventions
DEVICEMobile application Brain4U
Brain4U application provides participants to record seizures, medications, side effects, and combined psychiatric problems. It also reminds participants when to take antiepileptic drugs.
Sponsors
Seoul National University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Participants must be between the ages of 1-99. * Participants must attend Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Pediatric Neurology Outpatient Clinic. * Participants under age 18 must have an adult guardian give informed consent. * Participants must have a functioning smartphone (iOS or Android) which can download the and perform Brain4U application. * Participants must be able to use mobile application skillfully.
Exclusion criteria
* Person who does not have smartphone nor restricted to use mobile application can not participate this study. * Person with intellectual disability or unable to use mobile application can not participate this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of knowledge acquisition in epilepsy | 2 months | Baseline and 2 month Timepoint scores from questionnaires are assessed. Improvement in knowledge acquisition and self-efficacy by using questionnaire. 1. Genetal knowledge (G) Questionnaire: There are total 10 questions (1 point score for each question) to evaluate general knowlege about epilepsy. Score reported as (mean, SD), higher scores are better. Score ranges 0 to 10. 2. Persional knowledge (P) questionnaire: There are total 4 questions (1 point score for each question) to evaluate knowlege about individual's epilepsy. Score reported as (mean, SD), higher scores are better. Score ranges 0 to 4. 3. Self-efficacy scale (SE): There are 4 questions (1 point score for each question) to evaluate self-efficacy scale. Score reported as (mean, SD), higher scores are better. Score ranges 0 to 4. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AED compliance | 2 months | Baseline and 2 month Timepoint AED compliances are reported. Assess improvement of AED compliance by comparing Days with AED per month before and after using mobile application. Count the Days with AED in a month and converted to the percentage. Percentage ranges 0 to 100%. The high percentage means good compliance which means less AED skipping in a month. |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed