REVIEW article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Epilepsy
Medication Self-Management in Patients with Epilepsy: A Narrative Review of Current Status, Influencing Factors, and Intervention Strategies
Provisionally accepted
华媛 王1
欣敏 刘2*- 1Jilin University, Changchun, China
- 2The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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The contribution of medication management to epilepsy treatment has been demonstrated in numerous studies. However, existing research has primarily focused on improving patient medication adherence and optimizing medication regimens by healthcare teams, lacking a systematic review of the current state of medication self-management from the patient perspective. This paper systematically reviews published research in the field of medication self-management among epilepsy patients, elucidating the concept of medication self-management, its current challenges, influencing factors, and advances in intervention strategies. The study concludes that a multidimensional intervention system integrating individual characteristics, technological empowerment, and systemic support must be established in the future. The efficacy of interventions should be validated through large-scale, long-term studies, while advancing the human-centered design of technological tools to achieve inclusive and precision-driven development in global epilepsy management.
Keywords: Epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs, self-management, Influencing factors, review
Received: 01 Jul 2025; Accepted: 17 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 王 and 刘. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: 欣敏 刘, lermier_min@163.com
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