A Question Prompt Sheet for patients attending an epilepsy clinic

ISRCTN	ISRCTN49657745
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN49657745
Protocol serial number	Version 3/January 2009
Sponsor	Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust (UK)
Funder	UCB Pharma Ltd (UK)

Submission date: 05/02/2009
Registration date: 05/03/2009
Last edited: 14/06/2016

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Nervous System Diseases

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Paul Kinnersley
Scientific

Department of Primary Care and Public Health
Floor 3, Neuadd Meirionydd
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XN
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 29 20687638
Email	kinnersley@cf.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Single centre randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	A randomised controlled trial of a Question Prompt Sheet for patients attending an epilepsy clinic
Study acronym	QPS Study
Study objectives	To identify whether for patients presenting to an epilepsy clinic use of a question prompt sheet leads to an increase in patients' perceptions of clinician empathy.
Ethics approval(s)	North West Wales Ethics Committee, January 2009, ref: 07/WNo01/42
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Epilepsy
Intervention	The intervention is a Question Prompt sheet. The Prompt sheet briefly explains to patients that it may be helpful for them to consider what questions they want to ask at their consultation before they come to the clinic. It will encourage them to identify questions and to ask these in their consultation. It will provide examples of 'frequently asked questions' that patients may want to ask. The Prompt sheet will be piloted in advance to ensure readability. In addition, the clinicians will receive three one hour training sessions on general communication skills and answering patients' questions. Both intervention and control patients will get a package providing general information about the epilepsy clinic. The study materials will be posted to patients two weeks before their appointment at the clinic. Data will be collected when the patients consult and at four weeks after their consultation.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Patient perception of clinician empathy, measured immediately after consultation.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Patient anxiety, measured with the Short Form Spielberger State Anxiety Scale before, immediately after and 4 weeks after the consultation 2. Patient satisfaction, measured immediately after the consultation 3. Patient enablement, measured 4 weeks after the consultation 4. Patient quality of life, measured using the QOL in Epilepsy Scale 4 weeks after the consultation
Completion date	01/04/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	16 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	200
Key inclusion criteria	Patients aged 16 years and over (either sex) attending the epilepsy clinic
Key exclusion criteria	1. On attending the clinic, they appear unable to understand the study materials (in English or Welsh) 2. Too ill to take part in the study
Date of first enrolment	01/04/2009
Date of final enrolment	01/04/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
Wales

Study participating centre

Department of Primary Care and Public Health

Cardiff
CF14 4XN
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes

Editorial Notes

14/06/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.