Nurse-led epilepsy follow-up clinic in India: Is it feasible and acceptable to patients? A pilot study

被引:8
作者
Paul, Preethy [1 ]
Agarwal, Meena [1 ]
Bhatia, Rohit [2 ]
Vishnubhatla, Sreenivas [3 ]
Singh, Mamta Bhushan [2 ]
机构
[1] All India Inst Med Sci, Coll Nursing, New Delhi 110028, India
[2] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Neurol, New Delhi 110028, India
[3] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Biostat, New Delhi 110028, India
来源
SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY | 2014年 / 23卷 / 01期
关键词
Treatment gap; Developing countries; India; Nurse-led clinic; Epilepsy follow-up;
D O I
10.1016/j.seizure.2013.09.001
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Purpose: India has an epilepsy treatment gap of up to 90%. Shortage of doctors, especially in rural communities makes getting epilepsy treatment almost impossible for the vast majority. Nurses are relatively more in number and available even in smaller cities and villages. This pilot study investigated if a nurse-led epilepsy follow-up clinic is feasible in India and is acceptable to patients. Method: A II year Nursing postgraduate student was given 8 h of didactic teaching tailored for epilepsy patient follow-up, followed by supervised observation time in the epilepsy clinic with a neurologist before conducting epilepsy follow-up clinics independently. Epilepsy patients >= 10 years of age and in follow-up for >= 6 months were included. They were independently followed-up both in the nurse-led clinic and in the neurologist's clinic. Outcome was measured in terms of interrater agreement (kappa) between the recommendations of the neurologist and the nurse in five domains. Patient satisfaction for nurse-led clinic was also evaluated. Results: The interrater agreement between the trained nurse and neurologist in following-up 175 enrolled patients was 76-94%; most unanimity (kappa = 94%) seen in identifying AED adverse effects while least agreement (kappa = 76%) was present regarding decisions to modify AED. The mean patient satisfaction score was 37.63 +/- 3.26 (maximum possible score 40). Conclusion: It is feasible for trained nurses to run epilepsy follow-up clinics in India and patients are likely to be satisfied with this approach. (C) 2013 British Epilepsy Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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