Are multiple sclerosis patients and their caregivers more anxious and more committed to following the basic preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Mult Scler Relat Disord
; 46: 102580, 2020 Nov.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-857017
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The novel coronavirus of 2019 (COVID-19), a pandemic of the kind not seen for a century, has caused global apprehension and distress.OBJECTIVES:
to evaluate whether the psychological state and behaviours of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and their caregivers were different from the non-MS population or not during the pandemic.METHODS:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 115 MS patients, 33 MS caregivers and 129 healthy controls. Depression anxiety stress score-21 (DASS-21) was used for evaluation of their psychological state.RESULTS:
MS patients had significantly higher DASS-21 scores (51.48±29.62) than their caregivers (29.79±27.19) and non-MS population (32.91±23.39) (p = 0.005). Younger patients (r=-0.252, p<0.0001), those with high EDSS scores (r = 0.023, p = 0.013) and those who believed that MS patients are at high risk for COVID-19 infection (p = 0.009) had the highest anxiety scores. There was no difference between the three groups in the level of commitment to staying at home (p = 0.747), wearing facemask (p = 0.164), wearing gloves (0.225), avoiding crowd (p = 0.225) and frequent hand washing (p = 0.570). Anxious patients had more relapses (p = 0.002) and pseudorelapses (p = 0.008).CONCLUSION:
In this cohort, MS patients were more anxious, stressed and depressed during the COVID-19 pandemic than their caregivers and the non-MS population, but they were not more motivated to follow the basic preventive measures against infection.
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Asunto principal:
Trastornos de Ansiedad
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Cuidadores
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Esclerosis Múltiple
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de cohorte
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Límite:
Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mult Scler Relat Disord
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
J.msard.2020.102580
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