ZMILE, a multicomponent self-management intervention for adults with epilepsy: Rationale and description of the intervention.
Hoi Yau Chan, Loes Am Leenen, Ben Fm Wijnen, Ingeborg M van der Putten, Silvia Maa Evers, Marian Hjm Majoie, Caroline M van Heugten
PMID 33225721WHAT IT FOUND
There is no original result to act on.
ZMILE is described as a self-management program for adults with epilepsy, but no study methods or outcomes are reported.
What this paper is
This is a rationale and description of ZMILE, a multicomponent self-management program for adults with epilepsy. It explains the program's goals, sessions, materials, and a fictional example case, but reports no original study methods or outcomes. There is no finding here to change practice.
Declared interests
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest, and the work was supported by the Dutch Epilepsy Foundation.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the fictional case or program description as evidence that ZMILE works. This paper reports no original outcomes, so it cannot show effectiveness.