Introduction: New technologies are ubiquitous in our everyday lives, and this is especially true for teenagers. Very few mobile apps have been designed for adolescents with epilepsy. In order to better understand their expectations as well as those of their parents, we conducted a survey on this topic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Ketogenic diets (KDs) are well-established treatments for pharmacoresistant epilepsies and some metabolic disorders. The amount of publications including evidence-based trials has continuously increased in the last 10 years. We evaluated the use of KDs in France using 2 surveys from more than ten years ago (2005 and 2008).
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August 2015
An epileptic seizure in a child is a major source of anxiety and turns the family's everyday life upside down. Through therapeutic education, the nurse guides the families towards the autonomous management of the seizures, antiepileptic treatments, adaptations to daily life and potential comorbidities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMany studies have shown that anxiety disorders are common in children with epilepsy. We explored symptoms of anxiety simultaneously in children and their parents. We conducted a cross-sectional study using the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale in children and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adult in parents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The first seizure in Dravet syndrome is often considered a febrile seizure (FS), but shortly thereafter, both FSs and seizures without fever occur, leading to diagnosis. Fever remains a factor that easily precipitates seizures. We studied the perception and management of fever of parents of children with Dravet syndrome.
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