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Bridging the Childhood Epilepsy Treatment Gap in Africa (BRIDGE)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Task-shifting epilepsy care to epilepsy-trained community health workers (CHWs) and Enhanced usual care for epilepsy (EUC) for Epilepsy. Completed, enrolled 1,672 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed Summary
About half of the world's children with epilepsy do not receive treatment - known as the epilepsy treatment gap - with significantly higher rates (67%-90%) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We will conduct the first cluster-randomized clinical trial (cRCT) to determine the efficacy, implementation, and cost-effectiveness of a novel intervention shifting childhood epilepsy care to epilepsy-trained community health extension workers in an effort to close the epilepsy treatment gap. This research will provide information to help extend epilepsy treatment to children in LMICs and worldwide who suffer from untreated seizures.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Children with previously untreated epilepsy, identified via community-based screening and diagnositic evaluations, receive epilepsy care (including anti-seizure medication management) from epilepsy-trained community health workers (CHWs).
Children with previously untreated epilepsy, identified via community-based screening and diagnostic evaluations, receive epilepsy care by physicians, as routinely done in Nigeria. The usual physician care is enhanced by community health workers (CHWs), who do not participate in the child's epilepsy care, but who help families navigate the healthcare system.