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Attitude of epilepsy patients and their attendants for participating in research on status epilepticus

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To evaluate the reason joining in status epilepticus (SE) trial by epilepsy patients and attendants and their preferences for types of trials and consent. The participants were interviewed after giving a SE case summary. Their demographic details, reason of consenting or non-consenting and preference of trials and type of consent were noted. The responses of the patients and attendants were compared. 77 subjects participated and 47 (61 %) were willing to participate in the trial mainly due to self-interest (treatment by specialist, best treatment and treatment availability only by trial). The reasons for unwilling were apprehension and lack of will. The participants preferred a head-to-head trial over a placebo-controlled (21 vs. 3), proxy consent rather than waived consent (16 vs. 6) and preconsent (16 vs. 3). These responses were not different between patients and attendants. 61 % subjects were willing to participate in SE trial especially in head-to-head trial with proxy consent.

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We thank Rakesh Kumar Nigam and Deepak Kumar Anand for secretarial help.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Medical Sciences, Raebareily Road, Lucknow, 226014, India

    Usha Kant Misra, Gourav Goyal, Abhijeet Kumar Kohat, Ajit Kumar & Jayantee Kalita

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Misra, U.K., Goyal, G., Kohat, A.K. et al. Attitude of epilepsy patients and their attendants for participating in research on status epilepticus. Neurol Sci 35, 2001–2003 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1933-z

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