Secure Video Sharing Tool Helps Diagnose Pediatric Epilepsy
Summary
Researchers conducted a study to explore the use of a secure digital tool for sharing videos of suspected seizures in children. The study involved 60 children, with an average age of 5.5 years, who were suspected of having seizures. Their caregivers were invited to submit videos of these events using a smartphone app, while the children also underwent standard medical evaluations.
The main finding of the study was that 26.7% of participants used the app to submit a total of 81 videos, with 94% of these videos being of good enough quality for doctors to review. Among the children who submitted videos, 68.8% were eventually diagnosed with epilepsy. The study also found that the more videos submitted by a caregiver, the more likely the diagnosis was to match the video assessment, with a significant difference noted between those who submitted more videos compared to those who submitted fewer.
This study is important because it shows that using a digital tool for video sharing can be helpful in diagnosing epilepsy in children. However, it is worth noting that this was a small pilot study, and the findings are preliminary. More research is needed to understand how this tool can be used more widely and to assess its impact on clinical outcomes.
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