Effect of the EpiSchool-M App on Teachers' Epilepsy Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Management

Kafkas University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intellectual Disabilities; Attitude; Epilepsy; Teacher Training; Knowledge; Self Management; Mobile Applications

Treatments: Other: Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application; Other: Digital Epilepsy Education Guide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06807047

KAEK-33

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the training given to the teachers of children with intellectual disabilities with the "Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application" and the "Digital Epilepsy Education Guide" on teachers' epilepsy knowledge, attitudes, and self management levels. This study was planned in a pretest, posttest design, follow-up, randomized controlled study. The sample of the study will consist of 90 teachers. Intervention-1 (Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application, n=30), intervention-2 (Digital Epilepsy Education Guide, n=30) and control group (group without any intervention, n=30) will be included in the study. The data collection tools to be used in the research will be applied to all three groups at the same time intervals (T0: Just before the application phase of the research, T1: 15 days after the application, T2: one month after the application). The data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, the Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale, and the Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 25.0 package program will be used in the analysis of the data.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Working at special education schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Antalya Province,
• Teachers of children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities,
• Having a smartphone with internet access and either an Android or iOS operating system.

Exclusion criteria

• Teachers of children with hearing and visual impairments, without intellectual disabilities
• Teachers of children with mild intellectual disabilities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Mobile Application Group

Experimental group

Description:

Teachers in the Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application group will download the EpiSchool app to their phones. Within two weeks, they will watch the epilepsy-related educational videos and the animation video integrated into the app.

Treatment:

Other: Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application

Digital Education Guide Group

Experimental group

Description:

The digital guide, prepared based on expert opinions, will be sent to the teachers via a link. They will be asked to read the guide within 15 days.

Treatment:

Other: Digital Epilepsy Education Guide

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Group without any intervention