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Scheherazade Le1, Patricia O Shafer, Eyal Bartfeld

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Digital Health
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes

Background:

  • Epilepsy management requires accurate patient data for individualized treatment.
  • Digital health tools offer novel ways to collect comprehensive patient data.
  • My Epilepsy Diary is a free web application designed for epilepsy self-management and clinical data collection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the functionalities of the My Epilepsy Diary electronic application.
  • To retrospectively analyze a large cohort of users from 2010, examining demographics, seizure characteristics, and antiepileptic drug (AED) usage.
  • To identify common side effects associated with AEDs in this user population.

Main Methods:

  • Descriptive study design.
  • Retrospective analysis of user data from the My Epilepsy Diary application (2010).
  • Data collected included user demographics, seizure types, seizure frequency, identified triggers, AEDs used, and reported side effects.

Main Results:

  • The study included 1944 users for demographics and 1877 for seizure data.
  • The user cohort was predominantly female (64%) with an average age of 29.9 years.
  • Over 70,000 seizure entries and 15,000 AED entries were logged; 82% of AED use involved polytherapy, and 19% of users reported mood-related side effects.

Conclusions:

  • My Epilepsy Diary effectively captures extensive data on epilepsy patient experiences.
  • The data highlights the prevalence of polytherapy and the significant occurrence of mood-related side effects in epilepsy patients.
  • This application serves as a valuable tool for data-driven, individualized epilepsy care.