Observance of Anticonvulsant Treatments and Quality of Life of Epileptic Children

Central Hospital, Nancy, France75 enrolled

Overview

There is little epidemiological data in the literature on the therapeutic compliance of epileptic children. Yet it is a fundamental issue in the therapeutic education and balance of this pathology. To obtain more epidemiological precision on the observance of epileptic children and to propose, according to the factors involved, the improvement of practices (therapeutic education ..). Propose an evaluation of the quality of life of their children by a suitable self-questionnaire.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Epilepsy Children, Only Quality of Life Seizures Patient Compliance

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * • Child aged 5 to 17 * Child who has received complete information on the organization of the research and who has not objected to his participation and the exploitation of his data * Holder (s) of the parental authority present (s) having received the complete information on the organization of the research and not being opposed to the participation and the exploitation of the data of his child * Epileptic child * Follow-up at the neuro pediatric department of CHRU Nancy Exclusion Criteria: * epileptic encephalopathy * Multiply handicapped child

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean compliance

Mean compliance score measured by the validated Modified Morisky Medication Adherence Scales 8 for epileptic patients 11 subscale with a 5-point Likert scale. According to the scoring system for the MMAS, 8=high adherence, 6 to \<8=medium adherence, and \<6=low adherence. Patients who had a low or a moderate rate of adherence were considered nonadherent5.

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Compliance score of the modified Modified Morisky Medication Adherence Scales 8

distribution of responses to new items of the modified MMAS8 scale, internal structure)

Time frame: 6 months

quality of life of epileptic children

Quality of life score measured by the IImpact of Pediatric Epilepsy Scale An 11-item scale was created for children and/or parents' use (according to age) to evaluate the influence of epilepsy on the major aspects of their family and child's life 5 items scale with a 5 point Likert scale

Time frame: 6 months

syndromes

MMAS8 compliance score according to syndromes and equilibrium of epilepsy

Time frame: 6 months

Observance of Anticonvulsant Treatments and Quality of Life of Epileptic Children

Overview

Conditions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes