The article, “The Emotional Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis,” published online on August 19, 2020 in the Journal of Neurology.
The authors are members of the CogEx study team, which is composed of on-site researchers from Canada, the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Belgium.The effect of COVID on the survey was performed during clinical trial suspension (ECA) with 131 participants at 11 sites in the six countries mentioned above.The trial’s principal investigator is Anthony Feinstein, MD, Ph.D., University of Toronto.
The COVID pandemic has had a really extensive effect on the general population, raising considerations for populations at higher risk of infection, as well as for the adverse mental and social effects of quarantine and social estating requirements.assess in real time the effect of the pandemic on the population with progressive MS.
Participants from all sites that responded to COVID have an effect on the survey, while the issue of social restrictions from May 2020 to July 2020.La COVID infection was reported in 4% of participants, according to lead writer Nancy Chiaravalloti, Ph.D., director of the Kessler Foundation’s Centers for Neuropsychology, Neuroscience and Traumatic Brain Injuries.Comparison of baseline with COVID tests revealed minimal adjustments in depression, anxiety and quality of life.The effect on MS symptomatology on the purposes of daily life was also minimal., unless in the small subset with COVID-19 infection, where the effect on was significant.
“The minimal effects were not what we expected to see,” Dr. Chiaravalloti said, noting that the effects were consistent on other continents.”People with progressive MS appear to have adapted better to blocking conditions.Knowing their greatest risk, they probably would.” They were the first to take protective measures, possibly provided a sense that they counteracted negative emotional reactions,” he speculated.They are also accustomed to living in medical uncertainty and social isolation, two main points that have fueled the highest degrees of mental discomfort in the general population.”