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Bridging the Gap: Educating Patients on Social Determinants of Health to Improve Epilepsy Surgery Access and Outcomes
Led by Anny Reyes · Updated on 2026-04-03
310
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
193 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
A
Anny Reyes
Lead Sponsor
A
American Epilepsy Society
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to identify the needs and barriers to accessing and undergoing epilepsy surgery for patients with epilepsy and then to pilot an educational program regarding the social determinants of health and how they can influence surgical rates and epilepsy outcomes. For the first part, patients (age 18+) and providers will be asked to complete surveys and participate in focus groups to identify gaps and barriers that limit access to and use of epilepsy surgery. For piloting the education program, patients (age 18+) at the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Monitoring Unit will be randomized to intervention or control. Those in the intervention group, in addition to their usual care, will also receive educational materials on social determinants of health and their influence on surgical rates and epilepsy outcomes. Those in the control group will receive their usual care. Both groups will be asked to fill out surveys and questionnaires at the beginning of their stay, at the end of their stay, and if they elect to have surgery, 12 months after surgery.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Bridging the Gap: Educating Patients on Social Determinants of Health to Improve Epilepsy Surgery Access and Outcomes
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of epilepsy
- Completion of epilepsy surgical evaluation at Cleveland Clinic
- Recommendation for resective or ablation surgery or neurostimulation device implantation
- At least 18 years old
- Evaluated for epilepsy surgery
- English proficiency sufficient to complete surveys or participate in focus groups
- Healthcare professionals involved in epilepsy care in the US (for provider surveys and focus groups)
- Being evaluated for epilepsy surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
- No evidence of dementia or intellectual disability interfering with participation
- Basic interpersonal fluency in English (for focus groups)
You will not qualify if you...
- Previous epilepsy surgery or neurostimulation device implantation
- Inability to read or speak English fluently
- Evidence of dementia or intellectual disability interfering with understanding or participation
- Clinicians involved in study design (for provider focus groups)
- Prior epilepsy surgery (for patient focus groups)
- Not fluent in English (for focus groups and intervention)
- Cognitive impairments interfering with understanding the intervention
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Anny Reyes, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
8
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