Utilizing Activity Trackers to Promote Physical Activity in People With Epilepsy: Can we Make a Difference?

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard of Care Group; Behavioral: Activity Tracker Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04357912

HSC-MS-20-0173

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate standard of care exercise education alone or in combination with a wearable physical activity tracker in people with epilepsy (PWE) to determine the most effective way to increase physical activity and measure impact on depression, anxiety, quality of life, sleep, and seizure frequency.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patient of the Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at UTHealth-McGovern Medical School
• diagnosis of epilepsy
• be able to provide consent in English
• complete surveys independently
• be able to sync Fitbit data

Exclusion criteria

• currently using a wearable physical activity tracker prior to enrollment
• pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the study duration
• planning to undergo epilepsy surgery during the study duration

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Activity Tracker Group

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard of Care Group