Mobile Application of Seizure Diary (Brain4U) in Epilepsy Care

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Device: Mobile application Brain4U

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04023851

01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is intended to evaluate the impact of mobile application on management and knowledge acquisition in patients with epilepsy.

Full description

Investigators assess the general and personal knowledge of epilepsy, compliance of antiepileptic drugs (AED), and self efficacy scale. Participants be asked to use the mobile application (Brain4U) and record seizure type, frequency of seizures, aggravating factors, and adverse events related to antiepileptic drugs for 2 month period.

Enrollment: 119 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be between the ages of 1-99.
• Participants must attend Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Pediatric Neurology Outpatient Clinic.
• Participants under age 18 must have an adult guardian give informed consent.
• Participants must have a functioning smartphone (iOS or Android) which can download the and perform Brain4U application.
• Participants must be able to use mobile application skillfully.

Exclusion criteria

• Person who does not have smartphone nor restricted to use mobile application can not participate this study.
• Person with intellectual disability or unable to use mobile application can not participate this study.

Trial design

119 participants in 2 patient groups

Adolescent patient

Description:

* Participant between the ages of 15-18 * Participants who are taking antiepileptic drug for seizure control

Treatment:

Device: Mobile application Brain4U

Parents with epilepsy children

Description:

* Participants who have child with epilepsy (ages of 1-15) * Participants' child who are taking antiepileptic drug for seizure control

Treatment:

Device: Mobile application Brain4U