Comparison of Efficacy Between Suggestion Method During Video EEG Recording by Verbal Suggestion in Isolation and Verbal Suggestion Along With Cotton Swab or Tuning Fork for Inducing the Paroxysmal Event in Children Aged 5 to 18 Years With Suspected Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events

All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: EEG, Psychogenic Non Epileptic Events

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Video EEG with verbal suggestion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03551431

Induction

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study we are going to compare efficacy between suggestion method during video EEG recording by verbal suggestion in isolation and verbal suggestion along with cotton swab or tuning fork for inducing the paroxysmal event in children aged 5 to 18 years with suspected psychogenic nonepileptic events. Still there is paucity of data regarding the optimum method for video EEG by suggestion for psychogenic nonepileptic events. We are planning to recruit 25 children aged 5 to 18 years in each of the three arms after taking informed consent from the guardian and then they will be subjected to video EEG by any one of the three suggestion methods.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Children between 5 and 18 years of age with suspected diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic events -

Exclusion Criteria: Children with paroxysmal events, who will be later diagnosed as having epilepsy or movement disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 3 patient groups

Video EEG with verbal suggestion

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Video EEG with verbal suggestion

video EEG with verbal suggestion and tuning fork

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Video EEG with verbal suggestion

video EEG with verbal suggestion and cotton swab

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Video EEG with verbal suggestion