Who is willing to participate in research? A screening model for an anxiety and depression trial in the epilepsy clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Anxiety and depression in epilepsy are prevalent, associated with poor outcomes, underrecognized, undertreated, and thus a key area of need for treatment research. The objective of this study was to assess factors associated with research participation among epilepsy clinic patients who screened positive for anxiety or depression. This was accomplished by characterizing clinical and psychiatric factors among patients seen in an epilepsy clinic and evaluating which factors were associated with consent for potential research participation, via a combined clinical and research screening model.

Methods

In a pragmatic trial of anxiety and depression treatment in epilepsy, individuals with a positive screen for anxiety and/or depression at a routine epilepsy clinic visit

SUBMITTER: Munger Clary HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282472 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature