Measure of Engagement of Epilepsy Patients in Messaging Groups

• Sponsor: Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03076645
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 202
• Locations: 5
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 10.3
• Patients Per Site: 40.4
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 3.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Epilepsy	Behavioral: Facilitator support and education	N/A

Detailed Description

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.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 202 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Official Title: Measure of Engagement of Epilepsy Patients in Messaging Groups and Group Characteristics That Influence Engagement.
• Actual Study Start Date: Oct 1, 2016
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Aug 10, 2017
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 10, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Experimental The Experimental Group will be placed in a group using the matching algorithm. Facilitator support and education intervention	Behavioral: Facilitator support and education; Group engaged with facilitator support and education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Engagement [6 weeks]

   Average participant number of posts over time frame assessed by tracking number of participant entries

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Epilepsy self-management [Change in Baseline to 6 weeks]

   Patient activation measure based on self-reported questionnaire

2. Epilepsy medication adherence [Change in Baseline to 6 weeks]

   Medication adherence based on self-reported questionnaire

3. Epilepsy quality of life [Change in Baseline to 6 weeks]

   Quality of life in epilepsy metric based on self-reported questionnaire

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age, diagnosis of epilepsy, have access to a smartphone capable of running messaging application

Exclusion Criteria:

• A diagnosis of learning disability/difficulty, significant mental health conditions; those in care, bereaved, or prisoners. Any other vulnerable individuals (individuals unable to protect themselves against significant harm or exploitation)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust	Lewisham		United Kingdom	SE4 2LA
2	Barts and The London NHS Trust	London		United Kingdom	E1 1BB
3	Royal Free Hospital	London		United Kingdom	NW3 2QG
4	National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery	London		United Kingdom	WC1N 3BG
5	Kent Community Health NHS Trust	Maidstone		United Kingdom	ME15 7AT

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Adina Nash, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Abbas Hasan, Honorary Researcher, Royal Free Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03076645
• Other Study ID Numbers: 203594
• First Posted: Mar 10, 2017
• Last Update Posted: Oct 12, 2017
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2017

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Epilepsy

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 12, 2017