ArticleJournal of neurology2021
Psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Italian MS patients: signs of resilience?
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- A narrative systematic review of changes in mental health symptoms from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic.Psychological medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Occupational outcomes of people with multiple sclerosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Photobiomodulation of gingival lesions resulting from autoimmune diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Pooled it
- The psychological impact of Covid-19 pandemic on people with Multiple Sclerosis: A meta-analysis.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on individuals living with multiple sclerosis: A rapid systematic review.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 and disease-modifying therapies in patients with demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system: A systematic review.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2021Pooled it
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- Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidality in Individuals With Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Article
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- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health-related quality of life in home-based patients with spinal cord injuries in Japan.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2022Article
- The Effects of COVID-19-Related Restrictions on Parkinson's Disease Patients in Italy: Results of a Structured Survey.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of quarantine applied during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Changes in sexual behaviour, anxiety symptoms, and quality of couple relationship of patients with infertility during the COVID-19 lockdown.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022Observational
- Pandemic-associated mental health changes in youth with neuroinflammatory disorders.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2022Article
- The Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults with Cancer: A Rapid Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022Review
- Mental Health Status of People with Multiple Sclerosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A year with the fear of COVID-19 in multiple sclerosis patients: Examination of depression, sleep quality and quality of life before and after the pandemic.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2022Article
- Quality of Life in Patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnxiety, 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.
objectivesThe aim of our study was to investigate anxiety, depression and QoL changes in pwMS during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and lockdown in Italy.
methods67 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.
resultsBDI-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.
conclusionsThis 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.
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