EpilepsyEpiSchool-MNCT06807047
Effect of the EpiSchool-M App on Teachers' Epilepsy Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Management
A study testing Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application and Digital Epilepsy Education Guide in people with Epilepsy and Intellectual Disabilities, run by Kafkas University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the training given to the teachers of children with intellectual disabilities with the "Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application" and the "Digital Epilepsy Education Guide" on teachers' epilepsy knowledge, attitudes, and self management levels. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Epilepsy, Intellectual Disabilities, Teacher Training
- What is being tested?
- Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application and Digital Epilepsy Education Guide
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 90 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 10 Mar 2025to 24 Apr 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Working at special education schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Antalya Province,
- Teachers of children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities,
- Having a smartphone with internet access and either an Android or iOS operating system.
Who cannot join
- Teachers of children with hearing and visual impairments, without intellectual disabilities
- Teachers of children with mild intellectual disabilities
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: The Effect of Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application on Epilepsy Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Management of Teachers of Children With Intellectual Disability: A Randomized Controlled Study
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the training given to the teachers of children with intellectual disabilities with the "Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application" and the "Digital Epilepsy Education Guide" on teachers' epilepsy knowledge, attitudes, and self management levels. This study was planned in a pretest, posttest design, follow-up, randomized controlled study. The sample of the study will consist of 90 teachers. Intervention-1 (Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application, n=30), intervention-2 (Digital Epilepsy Education Guide, n=30) and control group (group without any intervention, n=30) will be included in the study. The data collection tools to be used in the research will be applied to all three groups at the same time intervals (T0: Just before the application phase of the research, T1: 15 days after the application, T2: one month after the application). The data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, the Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale, and the Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 25.0 package program will be used in the analysis of the data.
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Intellectual Disabilities, Teacher Training, Mobile Applications, Knowledge, Attitude
- Being tested
- Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application, Digital Epilepsy Education Guide
- Keywords
- epilepsy, children with intellectual disabilities, Mobile Health Application, epilepsy knowledge, epilepsy attitude, epilepsy self management
- Medical subject headings
- Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health ApplicationOther
Teachers who meet the inclusion criteria will use the EpiSchool
Digital Epilepsy Education GuideOther
Teachers who meet the inclusion criteria will use the EpiGuide
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Application Group | Experimental | Teachers in the Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application group will download the EpiSchool app to their phones. Within two weeks, they will watch the epilepsy-related educational videos and the animation video integrated into the app. Receives: Other: Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application |
| Digital Education Guide Group | Experimental | The digital guide, prepared based on expert opinions, will be sent to the teachers via a link. They will be asked to read the guide within 15 days. Receives: Other: Digital Epilepsy Education Guide |
| Control Group | No intervention | Group without any intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Knowledge And Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale
The scales developed by Kos et al. (2023) assess knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy. A higher total score indicates a higher level of knowledge and attitude. The scales consist of two parts: the "Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale" and the "Knowledge Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale." The "Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale" has two subdimensions: attitudes toward social relationships of children with epilepsy (10 items) and attitudes toward epilepsy-related limitations (5 items), totaling 15 items. A lower score on this scale indicates more positive attitudes toward epilepsy.
The "Knowledge Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale" includes two subdimensions: knowledge about epilepsy (2 items) and knowledge about epilepsy's effects (10 items), totaling 12 items. A lower score on this scale indicates higher knowledge about epilepsy.
Both scales are five-point Likert-type measurement tools.
Measured: 1.5 months
Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers
The Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers, developed by Kos et al. (2022), aims to assess epilepsy self-management in teachers. It is a 23-item, five-point Likert scale. Responses are numbered from 1 to 5, with 1 meaning "Never" and 5 meaning "Always." Each item on the scale can receive a score between 1 and 5. The scale consists of three subdimensions: the first subdimension is seizure-related self-management (13 items), the second subdimension is pre-seizure self-management (5 items), and the third subdimension is post-seizure self-management (5 items).
Measured: 1.5 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Feb 2025
- Study start10 Mar 2025
- Primary completion24 Mar 2025
- Study completion24 Apr 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for EpilepsyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Kafkas University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Akdeniz University
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Zahide İYİ ALTINIŞIK, Akdeniz University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06807047
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- KAEK-33
- Acronym
- EpiSchool-M
- Status last verified
- May 2025
- First submitted
- 23 Jan 2025
- Last updated
- 8 May 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 May 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effect of Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application on Epilepsy Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Management of Teachers of Children With Intellectual Disability: A Randomized Controlled Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06807047
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EpiSchool-M / KAEK-33
- Conditions
- Epilepsy, Intellectual Disabilities, Teacher Training, Mobile Applications, Knowledge, Attitude
- Keywords
- epilepsy, children with intellectual disabilities, Mobile Health Application, epilepsy knowledge, epilepsy attitude, epilepsy self management
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Kafkas UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Akdeniz University
- Study start
- 10 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 24 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 24 Apr 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 4 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the training given to the teachers of children with intellectual disabilities with the "Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application" and the "Digital Epilepsy Education Guide" on teachers' epilepsy knowledge, attitudes, and self management levels. This study was planned in a pretest, posttest design, follow-up, randomized controlled study. The sample of the study will consist of 90 teachers. Intervention-1 (Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application, n=30), intervention-2 (Digital Epilepsy Education Guide, n=30) and control group (group without any intervention, n=30) will be included in the study. The data collection tools to be used in the research will be applied to all three groups at the same time intervals (T0: Just before the application phase of the research, T1: 15 days after the application, T2: one month after the application). The data will be collected using the Personal Information Form, the Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale, and the Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 25.0 package program will be used in the analysis of the data.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 3
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile Application Group | Experimental | Other: Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health ApplicationTeachers in the Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application group will download the EpiSchool app to their phones. Within two weeks, they will watch the epilepsy-related educational videos and the animation video integrated into the app. |
| Digital Education Guide Group | Experimental | Other: Digital Epilepsy Education GuideThe digital guide, prepared based on expert opinions, will be sent to the teachers via a link. They will be asked to read the guide within 15 days. |
| Control Group | No intervention | –Group without any intervention |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Working at special education schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Antalya Province,
- Teachers of children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities,
- Having a smartphone with internet access and either an Android or iOS operating system.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Teachers of children with hearing and visual impairments, without intellectual disabilities
- Teachers of children with mild intellectual disabilities
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health ApplicationTeachers who meet the inclusion criteria will use the EpiSchool | Other | Mobile Application Group |
| Digital Epilepsy Education GuideTeachers who meet the inclusion criteria will use the EpiGuide | Other | Digital Education Guide Group |
Primary outcome
Knowledge And Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale
Time frame: 1.5 months
The scales developed by Kos et al. (2023) assess knowledge and attitudes toward epilepsy. A higher total score indicates a higher level of knowledge and attitude. The scales consist of two parts: the "Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale" and the "Knowledge Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale." The "Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale" has two subdimensions: attitudes toward social relationships of children with epilepsy (10 items) and attitudes toward epilepsy-related limitations (5 items), totaling 15 items. A lower score on this scale indicates more positive attitudes toward epilepsy. The "Knowledge Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale" includes two subdimensions: knowledge about epilepsy (2 items) and knowledge about epilepsy's effects (10 items), totaling 12 items. A lower score on this scale indicates higher knowledge about epilepsy. Both scales are five-point Likert-type measurement tools.
Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers
Time frame: 1.5 months
The Epilepsy Self-Management Scale for Teachers, developed by Kos et al. (2022), aims to assess epilepsy self-management in teachers. It is a 23-item, five-point Likert scale. Responses are numbered from 1 to 5, with 1 meaning "Never" and 5 meaning "Always." Each item on the scale can receive a score between 1 and 5. The scale consists of three subdimensions: the first subdimension is seizure-related self-management (13 items), the second subdimension is pre-seizure self-management (5 items), and the third subdimension is post-seizure self-management (5 items).
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 May 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Epilepsy Management at School Mobile Health Application and Digital Epilepsy Education Guide in people with Epilepsy and Intellectual Disabilities, run by Kafkas University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Knowledge And Attitudes Toward Epilepsy Among School Teachers Scale (time frame: 1.5 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 May 2025.