Agnès Higgins|Carmel Downes|Jarlath Varley|Ella Tyrell|Charles Normand|Colin P. Doherty|Cecily Begley|Naomi Elliott
Patients with epilepsy care experiences: Comparison between services with and without an epilepsy specialist nurse
Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin|Cicely Saunders International|King's College London|St. James's Hospital|Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College Dublin
aim study determine whether differences experiences care satisfaction care quality life receipt care service epilepsy specialist nurse esn receiving care service include esn comparative design used involved completion confidential selfcompleted survey survey administered nonprobability convenience sample patients epilepsy attending services esn n 244 services treatment team include esn n 261 four health areas ireland study found comparison people epilepsy pwe attended service without esn pwe attended service esn reported receiving greater amount information involved care perceived care better coordinated greater confidence information provided greater comfort discussing issues esn also reported higher rates satisfaction emotional practical support offered thus may concluded models care involving input esns enhance quality epilepsy care care processes findings also emphasize need esn part multidisciplinary team