Assessing Treatment Fidelity within an Epilepsy Randomized Controlled Trial: Seizure First Aid Training for People with Epilepsy Who Visit Emergency Departments.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To measure fidelity with which a group seizure first aid training intervention was delivered within a pilot randomized controlled trial underway in the UK for adults with epilepsy who visit emergency departments (ED) and informal carers. Estimates of its effects, including on ED use, will be produced by the trial. Whilst hardly ever reported for trials of epilepsy interventions-only one publication on this topic exists-this study provides the information on treatment fidelity necessary to allow the trial's estimates to be accurately interpreted. This rare worked example of how fidelity can be assessed could also provide guidance sought by neurology trialists on how to assess fidelity.

Methods

53 patients who had visited ED on ≥2 occasions in prior year were recruited

SUBMITTER: Noble AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6378079 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature