TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical Exercise, Stressful Life Experience, and Depression in Adults with Epilepsy
AU - Roth, David L.
AU - Goode, Kathryn T.
AU - Williams, Valerie L.
AU - Faught, Edward
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - Summary: Adults with epilepsy completed self‐report measures of exercise participation, barriers to exercise, stressful life experience, depression, and general psycho‐social adjustment (n=133) as part of routine outpatient visits. Descriptive statistics showed lower levels of depression among patients who exercised regularly. Structural equation analyses confirmed the fit of a path model that included significant direct effects of exercise and stressful life experience on depression. These effects were independent of each other, and independent of the influence of other predictor variables, such as seizure frequency, age, and gender. Stressful life experience also had a direct unique effect on seizure frequency in the multivariate models. These results suggest that problems with depression, which are common in adults with epilepsy, are significantly lower among those who exercise regularly and avoid stressful life change.
AB - Summary: Adults with epilepsy completed self‐report measures of exercise participation, barriers to exercise, stressful life experience, depression, and general psycho‐social adjustment (n=133) as part of routine outpatient visits. Descriptive statistics showed lower levels of depression among patients who exercised regularly. Structural equation analyses confirmed the fit of a path model that included significant direct effects of exercise and stressful life experience on depression. These effects were independent of each other, and independent of the influence of other predictor variables, such as seizure frequency, age, and gender. Stressful life experience also had a direct unique effect on seizure frequency in the multivariate models. These results suggest that problems with depression, which are common in adults with epilepsy, are significantly lower among those who exercise regularly and avoid stressful life change.
KW - Adult
KW - Depression
KW - Epilepsy
KW - Physical exercise
KW - Psychosocial adjustment
KW - Stressful life events
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb01796.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb01796.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 7988518
AN - SCOPUS:0028152906
SN - 0013-9580
VL - 35
SP - 1248
EP - 1255
JO - Epilepsia
JF - Epilepsia
IS - 6
ER -