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Study on the Rapid Diagnostic Value of Sudden Clap Provocation Test in Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Sponsor: Xijing Hospital
Summary
To explore the clinical value of the sudden clap provocation test in the differential diagnosis between epileptic seizures and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, so as to provide a new strategy for rapid, low-cost differential diagnosis. This study is a prospective, single-center, diagnostic trial. This study is a single-center, prospective study that plans to recruit 400 patients who have "convulsive seizure" events during video electroencephalogram monitoring. A standardized sudden clap test is adopted, and one sudden clap test is performed during each clinically detected seizure episode, with the study period covering the entire VEEG monitoring process (approximately 24 hours). During the trial, the patient's basic treatment plan and VEEG monitoring process remain unchanged, and data analysis and diagnostic efficacy evaluation will be carried out after the VEEG monitoring is completed.
Official title: Clinical Utility of the Abrupt Clap Provocation Test for Rapid Differentiation of Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures From Epileptic Seizures
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1000
Start Date
2026-02-01
Completion Date
2026-08
Last Updated
2026-08-03
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Abrupt Clap Provocation Test
This intervention is the abrupt clap provocation diagnostic test, a behavioral stimulation diagnostic method unique to this trial. The operator delivers sudden, loud hand-clap stimuli at a fixed distance in a quiet environment, records the subjects' auditory sensitivity, physical reactions and behavioral manifestations in real time, and evaluates the response threshold to acoustic stimulation. No drugs, medical devices or other physical stimulation operations are involved in this intervention; it only relies on manual clapping to complete the provocation detection, which is different from drug intervention, imaging examination and other test means in this study.
Locations (3)
The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University (Xijing Hospital)
Xian, Shanxi, China
No.127 Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710048, China
Shanxi, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University (Xijing Hospital)
Shanxi, China