Epilepsy
Conditions
Interventions
Control Group or Conventional Care Group: 30 epilepsy patients in ambulatory care that received individual orientation about the use of anti-epileptic drugs prescribed on medical consultation and elab
on the day the intervention was applied (first contact with the patient), six weeks after the intervention and six months after first contact. Blood levels of anti-epileptic drugs were also collected
Behavioural
Sponsors
Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo
Cristina Helena Costanti Settervall
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients, from both genders, aged between 18 and 100 years-old, diagnosed with epilepsy in ambulatory care for over one year, with at least four years of school, independent in daily life activities, without mental and psychic disabilities, presenting medium, or low adherence by the Morisky test.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with medical prescription with weekly or daily increase or removal of anti-epileptic drugs, including Carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital and valproate sodium; those that already use the resources tested in this trial to enhance compliance and with other chronic diseases in continuous drug treatment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Achieve after one month of the application of the interventions increase or maintenance in therapeutic values anti-epileptic drugs blood levels; reduction of the number of epileptic crises, reported by the patient; enhance compliance by the evaluation of the Morisky test. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Stability of the positive effects after six months of application of the interventions (increase or maintenance in therapeutic values anti-epileptic drugs blood levels; reduction of the number of epileptic crises, reported by the patient; enhance compliance by the evaluation of the Morisky test). | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCristina;Regina Costanti Settervall;Cardoso de Sousa
Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo;Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo
Outcome results
None listed