Evaluation of the efficiency of the web-based epilepsy education program (WEEP) for youth with epilepsy and parents: A randomized controlled trial

The experiences of caregivers of children with epilepsy: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research studies

“…The Fordyce's 14 Fundamentals for Happiness Program could help individuals better understand their problems and more effectively cope with them through improving their logical thinking ability. Another study ( 28 ) evaluated the effectiveness of Web-based Epilepsy Education Program (WEEP), and the results showed that WEEP could improve caregivers' self-efficacy and reduce anxiety. WEEP could provide caregivers with information about epilepsy, treatment, and first aid, which was considered one of the most important components of epilepsy self-management to provide accurate, reliable, and accessible information sources that were not limited by time and space.…”

Effectiveness of technological interventions to improve healthcare communication with children with long-term conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

“…The 19 included studies enrolled a total of 1995 participants [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]. Of the papers that reported sufficient demographic data, the mean age was 12.4 years (range 3-18 years) and 55.6% of participants were male.…”

“…Intervention exposure time, including duration and frequency of sessions, varied greatly between studies. Ten groups were given per-protocol access to the technologies, standard across all participants [35][36][37][38][39]42,44,45,47,50], whereas nine were given unrestricted access for the duration of the study [32][33][34]40,41,43,46,48,49]. Intervention uptake was inconsistently reported; studies where this was included recorded uptake ranging from 50% to 93%, with video games exhibiting the highest interaction rates (mean = 84%).…”

“…Seven studies included in this review delivered interventions using websites [32,39,42,43,46,48,49]. Participants worked through interactive, educational modules which included illustrations, animated tutorials, reinforcing quizzes and electronic diaries to exchange information about their condition and self-management.…”

“…Four studies reported improvements in participants' self-efficacy [33,40,41,48], however only two were found to be significantly increased compared with control groups [40,48].…”