Feasibility of HOBSCOTCH Telehealth Intervention in Refractory Epilepsy

Kessler Foundation

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Refractory Epilepsy

Treatments

Behavioral: HOBSCOTCH: "Home-Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives"

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04240977

L -1063-19

90SFGE0010 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to see whether a phone-intervention called HOBSCOTCH will improve health, daily functioning and quality of life among patients with refractory epilepsy. HOBSCOTCH stands for "Home-Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives." This study will also help to find the best ways of integrating this telehealth intervention to routine clinic use.

Full description

The proposed project will assess the efficacy of an 8-week phone-delivered, experimental treatment called "Home-Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives" (HOBSCOTCH) on sixty patients with refractory epilepsy (PWRE). The investigators will employ a prospective, single blind randomized clinical trial design with wait-list controls to examine both objective and subjective measures of daily life, daily functioning, cognition, and emotional well-being. Investigators will also assess the impact of HOBSCOTCH on employment and work productivity using the Lam Employment absence and Disability Scale (LEAPS) and the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS). Lastly, the investigators will examine whether changes in these domains are maintained three months after completion of the intervention. The study will expand the efficacy literature for HOBSCOTCH and further refine its use in a busy clinical environment, and therefore has potential to benefit the patient population (PWRE), who currently lacks treatment options besides the pharmacological and surgical care currently available.

Enrollment

30 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patient is able to read and speak English.
Patient has a reliable telephone connection and a private place they can use during the course of this study
They do not have any treatment or intervention plan in place for the next 6 months. They may be on an anti-epileptic drug regimen that has not been changed in the past 3 months.