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Stress and Seizures - Can a Brief Self-help Book Help?

NCT02465047 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2016-05-16

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Summary

Background: Epilepsy and nonepileptic attack disorder (NEAD) are chronic conditions that cause many patients to experience a great degree of stress in their everyday lives. Patients have also reported stress as the commonest trigger of their seizures, and animal studies suggest that stress can make seizures worse. A self-help intervention that would help people manage the stress they experience could therefore improve their quality of life and have positive effects on the frequency of their seizures.

Research Question: The study evaluates whether a self-help intervention in the form of a brief booklet can improve the quality of life and reduce the levels of stress of people who experience seizures. In addition, the study will explore the associations between seizure severity and frequency, physiological and self-reported stress, and anxiety and depression.

Design: The researchers are recruiting patients attending the Outpatient Neurology Clinic at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and measure their quality of life and stress levels before, one month and two months after they have been given the self-help stress reduction booklet. The researchers will measure the changes in quality of life and stress levels using questionnaires and saliva samples.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Self-help booklet

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Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Markus Reuber, Professor · University of Sheffield

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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