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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 75 No. 2, 2021.

Professional paper

EFFECTS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS ON THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY

IRIS ZAVOREO orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9358-1665 ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Department of Neurology, Zagreb; Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
MARGARETA TESKERA ; Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
DUBRAVKA CILIGA ; Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
TATJANA TROŠT BOBIĆ ; Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
LIDIJA PETRINOVIĆ ; Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia
VANJA BAŠIĆ KES ; Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Department of Neurology, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of antiepileptic drugs on the level of physical activity in people with epilepsy. We included 140 patients suffering from epilepsy, 73 men and 67 women, average age 24-45 years (35.15± 10.01). The study was conducted at Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Department of Neurology in Zagreb. The patients were evaluated by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) that comprises of 5 domains: work, transport, household chores, and care for the family, sporting activities and recreation, as well as sedentary time. The variable of disease duration was also used, as well as the variables of the seizure incidence, type of epileptic seizures, and type of treatment, which are included in general information provided in medical documentation. According to the findings, unemployed persons suffering from epilepsy for over 15 years with over 15 seizures throughout the year most frequently showed low levels of physical activity. Low levels of physical activity were also identified in persons with generalized seizures, whereas persons with focal seizures showed high levels of physical activity. Men and employed persons more frequently showed high levels of physical activity as opposed to women. Patients on monotherapy more frequently showed higher levels of physical activity as compared with those using more than two antiepileptic drugs, i.e. those on polytherapy, who showed low levels of physical activity.

Keywords

epilepsy; antiepileptic drugs; physical activity; quality of life

Hrčak ID:

261270

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/261270

Publication date:

10.8.2021.

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