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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Increased Prevalence of Neuropsychiatric Disorders during COVID-19 Pandemic in People Needing a Non-Deferrable Neurological Evaluation.

Giacomo Tondo, Davide Aprile, Fabiana Tesser, Cristoforo Comi

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Giacomo TondoNeurology Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Corso Abbiate 21, 13100 Vercelli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0057-3103
Davide AprileDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Fabiana TesserNeurology Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Corso Abbiate 21, 13100 Vercelli, Italy.
Cristoforo ComiNeurology Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Corso Abbiate 21, 13100 Vercelli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6862-9468

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University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro Aging Project
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak provoked a profound healthcare system reorganization. This study aimed to compare the reasons for requesting a non-deferrable neurological evaluation before the COVID-19 pandemic and during the lockdown.

methodsRetrospective observational study including non-deferrable neurological outpatients before the pandemic (pre-COVID-19 group,

resultsThe number of patients sent for cerebrovascular disorders, headache, and vertigo significantly dropped between the pre-COVID-19 era and the lockdown period. While in the pre-COVID-19 group, the most frequent diagnosis was cerebrovascular disorder; neuropsychiatric disorders ranked first in the LOCKDOWN group. Moreover, the percentage of appropriate non-deferrable neurological evaluations significantly increased in the LOCKDOWN group compared with the pre-COVID-19 group. DISCUSSION: Our study shows a significant increase of neuropsychiatric disorders in non-deferrable neurologic evaluations during the Italian second wave of the COVID-19. Overall, cases were more severe and required a more complex management during the lockdown compared with the pre-COVID era. These findings confirm that a careful approach to prevent the psychological consequences of the pandemic is needed, and long-term rearrangements of the healthcare system are desirable to guarantee appropriate management.

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behavioral symptomscoronavirus diseaseneurology unitneuropsychiatric symptomspsychological symptomsquarantine

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