Perceived benefits of sharing health data between people with epilepsy on an online platform

► One in three epilepsy patients did not know a single other person with their condition ► Patients with epilepsy reported the benefits of using an online community to find other patients like them. ► Benefits included gaining a better understanding of seizures and learning more about treatments. ► The more friends with epilepsy that users had in the online community, the more benefits they experienced from using the site.