Psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Italian MS patients: signs of resilience?
J Neurol
; 268(3): 743-750, 2021 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-680349
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Anxiety, depression and reduction of quality of life (QoL) are common in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). Fear of getting sick from COVID-19, government's lockdown and the imposed social distancing might have had an impact on psychological distress and QoL.OBJECTIVES:
The aim of our study was to investigate anxiety, depression and QoL changes in pwMS during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and lockdown in Italy.METHODS:
67 pwMS with a previous (less than 6 months) neuropsychological evaluation before SARS-CoV-2 outbreak (T0) were re-evaluated at the time of the outbreak and lockdown in Italy (T1). They underwent a clinical and neurological evaluation and completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y1), the Beck Depression Inventory second edition (BDI-II), and Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life-54 (MsQoL-54) at T0 and T1. Benjamini-Hochberg procedure was applied to control the false discovery rate.RESULTS:
BDI-II and STAI-Y1 scores did not change between T0 and T1. At T1, MsQoL-54 scores were higher on the satisfaction with sexual life and the social function subscales, and lower on the limitation due to emotional problems subscale.CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first study that evaluated mood and QoL levels before and during the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic in pwMS. No worsening of anxiety and depression levels was found. Contrariwise some improvements were noted on QoL, the most reliable regarding the sexual satisfaction and the social function.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Resilience, Psychological
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
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Multiple Sclerosis
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Neurol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S00415-020-10099-9
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