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. 2020 Oct 22;2020(10):CD008312. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008312.pub4

Saengow 2018.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: RCT
Method of randomisation: day of the week
Setting: pediatric neurology clinic in Thailand
Follow‐up: 3 months
Date it was conducted: June 2016‐September 2016
Source of funding: not reported
Conflict of interest: nothing reported
Participants Inclusion criteria: pediatric patients aged between 1 month‐15 years, diagnosed with epilepsy, visited routine service pediatric neurology clinic.
Sample size: 214 patients were recruited (IG: 126, CG: 88)
Age: mean 7.6 (mean 4.5) in IG and 7.6 (mean 4.8) in CG
Gender: female 53 (42.1%) in IG and 36 (40.9%) in CG
Interventions Type of intervention: educational
An 8.52‐min video animation on: diagnosis of epilepsy, etiology of epilepsy, treatment of epilepsy, first aid seizure care, prognosis of epilepsy and safe activity for epilepsy
Outcomes Primary outcomes: adherence measured using the 8‐item MMAS
Epilepsy knowledge measured using 10 questions on epilepsy knowledge
Secondary outcomes: severity of seizure
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk Days of the week
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information on concealment was reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No information on blinding was reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No information on blinding was reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk Apparently, no incomplete outcome data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient rationale or evidence to permit judgement