ArticleBrain and behavior2021
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on narcolepsy type 1 management.
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- Being creative during lockdown: The relationship between creative potential and COVID-19-related psychological distress in narcolepsy type 1.Journal of sleep research · 2022Article
- The importance of social zeitgeber in paediatric type 1 narcolepsy: What we can learn from the COVID-19 restrictions adopted in Italy?Journal of sleep research · 2022Article
- Sleeping through a pandemic: impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- The Impact of Sleep Pattern in School/Work Performance During the COVID-19 Home Quarantine in Patients With Narcolepsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Pre-sleep arousal and sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy.Sleep medicine · 2021Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on narcolepsy type 1 management.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- Dream Activity in Narcoleptic Patients During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A practical guide to the pharmacological and behavioral therapy of Narcolepsy.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2021Review
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Abstract
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objectivesNarcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a chronic rare hypersomnia of central origin requiring a combination of behavioral and pharmacological treatments. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, in Italy the population was forced into a lockdown. With this study, we aimed to describe the lockdown impact on NT1 symptom management, according to different patients' working schedule.
methodsIn the period between 10 April and 15 May 2020, we performed routine follow-up visits by telephone (as recommended during the COVID-19 emergency) to 50 patients >18 years old (40% males) under stable long-term treatment. We divided patients into three groups: unchanged working schedule, forced working/studying at home, and those who lost their job ("lost occupation"). Current sleep-wake habit and symptom severity were compared with prelockdown assessment (six months before) in the three patient groups.
resultsAt assessment, 20, 22, and eight patients belonged to the unchanged, working/studying at home, and lost occupation groups, respectively. While in the lost occupation group, there were no significant differences compared with prepandemic assessment, the patients with unchanged schedules reported more nocturnal awakenings, and NT1 patients working/studying at home showed an extension of nocturnal sleep time, more frequent daytime napping, improvement of daytime sleepiness, and a significant increase in their body mass index. Sleep-related paralysis/hallucinations, automatic behaviors, cataplexy, and disturbed nocturnal sleep did not differ.
conclusionsNarcolepsy type 1 patients working/studying at home intensified behavioral interventions (increased nocturnal sleep time and daytime napping) and ameliorated daytime sleepiness despite presenting with a slight, but significant, increase of weight.
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