This is a randomized effectiveness/implementation trial comparing a 24-week neurology-based collaborative care intervention to usual neurology care among 60 adults with epilepsy.
The intervention is a 24-week, evidence-based collaborative care model initiated around the time of a neurology visit. The collaborative care team roles include the care manager/social worker and psychiatrist who interact with the patient participant and the patient's neurologist/neurology provider.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
a 24-week neurology based collaborative care program consisting of: 1. a series of every 2 weeks care management calls by the care manager to evaluate anxiety, depression, seizures and side effects and deliver brief therapy interventions to the participant, and 2. collaborative care conferences including a psychiatrist to generate expert recommendations for anxiety and depression management and communication of recommendations between the care manger, psychiatrist and neurologist.
ongoing usual neurology care, without the addition of the collaborative care program
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
change in emotional quality of life subscale of the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31) - between two groups
adults with epilepsy and anxiety or depression symptoms - a higher score reflects a more favorable health state
Time frame: Month 6
Number of Participants adhering to Intervention
adherence of intervention participants to the majority of care management - proportion of intervention group participants meeting minimum adherence metric of 50% call participation at 12 weeks
Time frame: Week 12
Change in Epilepsy-specific quality of life scoring (QOLIE-31) - neurology collaborative care compared to Usual Care
adults with epilepsy and anxiety or depression symptoms - Score ranges from 0-100 with higher score indicating better epilepsy-specific quality of life
Time frame: Month 6
Change in the number of depression symptoms - Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) - neurology collaborative care compared to Usual Care
adults with epilepsy and anxiety or depression symptoms -- Depression symptom questionnaire-score ranges from 0-61, with higher score indicating more severe depression symptoms
Time frame: Month 6
Change in anxiety symptoms scoring (EASI) Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument - between groups
adults with epilepsy and anxiety or depression symptoms - The score was obtained by computing the sum of the scores obtained by items associated with it, from 0, "not at all", to 3, "nearly every day". The possible total score ranges from 0 to 54, with higher scores indicating worse anxiety symptoms
Time frame: Month 6
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