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NCT03800992: Badnews

Bad News- Diagnosis: Epilepsy in Childhood

Completed Last updated 14 September 2022
What this trial tests

trial testing assessment of perception and evaluation of physicians advisory skills per questionnaire in Epilepsy in Children in 33 participants. Completed in 28 December 2021.

Timeline
30 April 2019
Primary endpoint
28 December 2021
28 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment33
Start date30 April 2019
Primary completion28 December 2021
Estimated completion28 December 2021
Sites1 location across Switzerland

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Who can join

Adults 3 Months to 18, any sex, with Epilepsy in Children. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

"Bad news" are defined as"any information which adversely and seriously affects an individuals' view of future. Families of chronic ill children are exposed to a high stress load. This project is to investigate the stress burden directly after diagnosis of epilepsy in childhood and coping capabilities in the course of time and how quality of communication at the time of diagnosis effects stress perception and coping behaviour in the following 12 months. Perceived/ experienced advisory skills of the physician will be assessed by parents and children (older than eleven) on the basis of SPIKES - a Six-Step Protocol for Delivering Bad News. The subjective perception regarding quality of dialogue in relationship to childrens and their parents quality of life and their coping strategies will be assessed.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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