A program called Home-Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives, or HOBSCOTCH, improved cognition and quality of life in persons with epilepsy, according to a study published in Neurology on April 6.
“Nearly 50 percent of persons with epilepsy (PWE) have cognitive impairment affecting health, productivity, and quality of life,” wrote lead study author Nicholas Alexius Streltzov, BA, of the department of neurology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, and colleagues. “Despite being one of the most detrimental comorbidities, there are few interventions available to help PWE manage cognitive impairment.”
HOBSCOTCH is an epilepsy self-management program developed by The Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded thematic research network dedicated to providing evidence for self-management strategies with the specific goal of improving quality of life of PWE.
