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This study will measure the engagement of people with epilepsy in a mobile phone based messaging platform as well as understand if there is an impact on their self-management
The primary purpose of this study is to assess a person with epilepsy's level of usage of a mobile messaging application for peer support. The secondary purpose is to understand what characteristics of their group drive different levels of usage and improvements in self-management.
Participants can participate as much or little as they want for a minimum of six weeks. Participants will complete an initial and a final questionnaire.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental | Experimental | The Experimental Group will be placed in a group using the matching algorithm. Facilitator support and education intervention |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facilitator support and education | Behavioral | Group engaged with facilitator support and education |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Engagement | Average participant number of posts over time frame assessed by tracking number of participant entries | 6 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy self-management | Patient activation measure based on self-reported questionnaire | Change in Baseline to 6 weeks |
| Epilepsy medication adherence | Medication adherence based on self-reported questionnaire |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Adina Nash | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust | Lewisham | SE4 2LA | United Kingdom | |||
| Barts and The London NHS Trust |
No current resource to share individual participant data. Data will be destroyed per protocol after due course and completion of study
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D004827 | Epilepsy |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D004522 | Educational Status |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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| Change in Baseline to 6 weeks |
| Epilepsy quality of life | Quality of life in epilepsy metric based on self-reported questionnaire | Change in Baseline to 6 weeks |
| London |
| E1 1BB |
| United Kingdom |
| Royal Free Hospital | London | NW3 2QG | United Kingdom |
| National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery | London | WC1N 3BG | United Kingdom |
| Kent Community Health NHS Trust | Maidstone | ME15 7AT | United Kingdom |