Effects of Podcast Education on Medication Perception, Stigma Level, and Epilepsy Self-management in Epilepsy Patients (epilepsy)

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Drug Therapy; Epilepsy; Stigma; Self Management

Treatments: Other: epilepsy education via podcast

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07090980

07/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Seventy epilepsy patients who presented to Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital as outpatients (diagnosed at least 3 months prior, taking at least one medication, and having access to the internet) were randomly assigned to two groups. 35 patients were assigned to the experimental group, and 35 patients to the control group. All patients were asked to complete a sociodemographic form, self-management form, medication adherence form, and stigma form as pre-tests. The experimental group was exposed to an epilepsy education podcast recorded by the researcher via Spotify. The control group received routine outpatient education provided by the doctor. The same tests were repeated at 1 and 3 months, and the effectiveness of the education was evaluated. Differences between the two groups and changes over time were monitored.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteer to participate in the study
• 18 years of age
• Diagnosed with epilepsy at least 3 months ago
• Taking at least one antiepileptic drug

Exclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with mental retardation
• Having language and communication barriers
• Not having sufficient equipment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

This group was played a podcast containing information about epilepsy

Treatment:

Other: epilepsy education via podcast

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group received routine outpatient information about epilepsy from their doctor. No additional intervention is required.