Epilepsy Self-Management for Spanish Speakers: HOBSCOTCH - ESPANOL

Dartmouth Health

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Epilepsy; Memory Disorders; Cognitive Dysfunction

Treatments: Behavioral: HOme-Based Self-management and COgnitive Training CHanges lives (HOBSCOTCH) - Spanish/Espanol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06462911

STUDY02002468

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of translating and delivering the existing home-based epilepsy self-management intervention, HOBSCOTCH, for people with epilepsy whose primary language is Spanish.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Can the current HOBSCOTCH program be successfully translated for Spanish speaking people with epilepsy?
2. Will people with epilepsy who speak Spanish experience improved quality of life similar to that found in people with epilepsy who received the HOBSCOTCH program in English?

Participants will be asked to:

• attend nine, one-hour virtual (online and/or by telephone) HOBSCOTCH-SPANISH sessions with a one-on-one certified bilingual HOBSCOTCH coach
• complete a brief clinical questionnaire about their diagnosis of epilepsy
• complete two questionnaires before and after the HOBSCOTCH sessions about their quality of life and about memory and thinking processes
• keep a short daily diary about their seizures, symptoms and use of the self-management strategies taught in the HOBSCOTCH program
• complete a brief Satisfaction Survey and a 3 question survey about shared decision making after the entire HOBSCOTCH program

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult (18 + years)
• Self-reported epilepsy with controlled or uncontrolled seizures
• Spanish as primary language
• Literate in Spanish (per bilingual Cognitive Coach)
• Access to the internet and/or a telephone

Exclusion criteria

• Self-report of a dementing illness, a dementing illness appearing in their medical record if available or in the judgment of the Principal Investigator or Bilingual Coach
• Severe mental disability or estimated IQ less than 70 per clinical judgement of the Principal Investigator or Bilingual Coach
• Significant visual impairment precluding reading or writing
• No reliable telephone or internet access
• No self-reported diagnosis of epilepsy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Spanish speaking participant with self-reported epilepsy and cognitive and memory dysfunction

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive the HOBSCOTCH intervention (in Spanish) consisting of 1:1 sessions delivered once per week including: 1 pre-HOBSCOTCH Session (on webcam or by phone) 1 educational session (on webcam) 6 HOBSCOTCH intervention sessions (webcam or phone) 1 wrap-up session (webcam or phone)

Treatment:

Behavioral: HOme-Based Self-management and COgnitive Training CHanges lives (HOBSCOTCH) - Spanish/Espanol