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A study of the relationship between participation in common leisure activities and seizure occurrence
Author(s) -
Millett C. J.,
Johnson A. L.,
Thompson P. J.,
Fish D. R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.103005300.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , psychology , rest (music) , exertion , cognition , electroencephalography , reading (process) , leisure activity , relative risk , video game , medicine , physical therapy , audiology , psychiatry , social psychology , confidence interval , multimedia , political science , computer science , law
Objective – To investigate whether participation in a structured programme of fairly intensive leisure activities increased seizure occurrence. Material and methods – 212 adults with medically‐intractable epilepsy were closely monitored for seizure occurrence during an “activities day”, i.e. a day consisting of various structured sessions of leisure pursuits (video game play, reading, word puzzles, television, physical exercise), and during other days of relative rest, whilst undergoing prolonged video EEG monitoring. Results – The relative risk of seizures did not differ significantly during activities days [0.71 (95% CL: 0.38 to 1.33)] compared with days of relative rest. Conclusions – These findings fail to provide empirical support for the hypothesis that cognitive exertion has an adverse effect on seizure control.