Effects of a remotely delivered group-format epilepsy self-management program on adverse health outcomes in vulnerable people with epilepsy: A causal mediation analysis.

Background: People with epilepsy frequently experience negative health events (NHEs), such as emergency room visits or hospitalizations for epilepsy-related complications despite significant advances in care. We developed a novel remotely delivered group-format epilepsy self-management program ("Self-management for people with epilepsy and a history of negative health events"; SMART). In a 6-month randomized controlled trial (RCT), SMART participants had significant decreases in NHEs, as well changes in attitudes and behaviors compared to a wait-list (Sajatovic et al.

Depressive Symptoms in Older versus Younger People with Epilepsy: Findings from an Integrated Epilepsy Self-Management Clinical Research Dataset.

Aim: There are limited data on psychological outcomes in older people with epilepsy (PWE). This analysis, from a large pooled dataset of clinical studies from the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network, examined clinical variables including depressive symptom severity, quality of life and epilepsy self-management competency among older (age 55+) vs younger ( View Article and Find Full Text PDF