Status:
COMPLETED
Making Mindfulness Matter© in Children With Epilepsy
Lead Sponsor:
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Epilepsy in Children
Mindfulness
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-10 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Epilepsy is a debilitating condition characterized by spontaneous, unprovoked seizures. Up to 80% of children with epilepsy (CWE) may face cognitive, psychiatric, and/or behavioral comorbidities with ...
Detailed Description
Recognizing that medical management for chronic illness such as epilepsy does not address the stress and co-occurring psychological issues experienced by many patients, mindfulness-based interventions...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- No age restriction on parent participating in parent/child dyad
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Children aged 4 to 10 years diagnosed with epilepsy a minimum of 6 months ago, as per the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) 2014 operational definition\*
- Children have reasonable comprehension of spoken language and can follow simple instructions
- Children with epilepsy and their parents\*\* are willing to attend all intervention sessions
- Children with epilepsy and parents have an adequate understanding of English
- Operational (practical) clinical definition of epilepsy (Fisher et al. 2014):
- At least two unprovoked (or reflex) seizures occurring\>24 h apart, or
- One unprovoked (or reflex) seizure and a probability of further seizures similar to the general recurrence risk (at least 60%) after two unprovoked seizures, occurring over the next 10 years, or
- Diagnosis of an epilepsy syndrome
- Parents: refers to parent or guardian self-identifying as most responsible for child's day-to-day care
- Exclusion criteria are:
- Progressive or degenerative neurological disorder;
- Other major co-morbid non-neurological disorders (e.g. cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease, diabetes, renal failure);
- Concurrent enrollment in other intervention trials
- Child or parent regularly practice complementary health interventions such as meditation
- Scheduled to undergo epilepsy surgery during study period
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 2 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 11 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
73 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04020484
Start Date
December 2 2019
End Date
April 11 2023
Last Update
June 28 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Epilepsy Southwestern Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada, N5W 6A8