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Opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine

BACKGROUND: Considering the potential COVID-19 impact on pwMS health and the importance of vaccination for this population, we decided to assess: (a) pwMS’ beliefs and knowledge on COVID-19 pandemic; (b) their acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccination and (c) pwMS’ opinions on general vaccination. MET...

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Autores principales: Moniz Dionísio, Joana, Santos, Mariana, Rodrigues, Ana Martins, Rêgo, André, Vítor, Joana, Delgado, Sofia, Pinheiro, Rita, Neves, Pedro, Figueiredo, Carlos, Costa, José Bandeira, Vale, José, Salgado, Vasco, Timóteo, Ângela
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Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8234267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34216996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103113
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author Moniz Dionísio, Joana
Santos, Mariana
Rodrigues, Ana Martins
Rêgo, André
Vítor, Joana
Delgado, Sofia
Pinheiro, Rita
Neves, Pedro
Figueiredo, Carlos
Costa, José Bandeira
Vale, José
Salgado, Vasco
Timóteo, Ângela
author_facet Moniz Dionísio, Joana
Santos, Mariana
Rodrigues, Ana Martins
Rêgo, André
Vítor, Joana
Delgado, Sofia
Pinheiro, Rita
Neves, Pedro
Figueiredo, Carlos
Costa, José Bandeira
Vale, José
Salgado, Vasco
Timóteo, Ângela
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description BACKGROUND: Considering the potential COVID-19 impact on pwMS health and the importance of vaccination for this population, we decided to assess: (a) pwMS’ beliefs and knowledge on COVID-19 pandemic; (b) their acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccination and (c) pwMS’ opinions on general vaccination. METHODS: Observational study, based on a cross-sectional (10-20(th) September 2020) online survey, conducted in a cohort of pwMS’ followed at two Portuguese hospitals. The survey included measures to characterize the sample and a questionnaire designed to assess the topics defined for this study. RESULTS: 270 respondents completed the full survey (response rate 58.2%). pwMS greatest concern during the pandemic was an aggravation of MS, especially by patients older than 50 years old. Almost 40% of the patients older than 50 felt that the pandemic negatively affected their MS related medical assistance. Most patients believed they would recover from COVID-19 infection. More than half of the responders feared a MS aggravation if they got COVID-19; this was more pronounced in patients with progressive MS. About 12% of the participants did not want to be vaccinated and almost 40% was unsure. Regarding vaccines in general, almost a third of the participants feared their side effects or MS related complications. CONCLUSION: Having knowledge of pwMS’ opinions on COVID-19 pandemic impact and vaccination is useful to better address these issues. Fears and expectations towards vaccination must be discussed with pwMS.
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spelling pubmed-82342672021-06-28 Opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine Moniz Dionísio, Joana Santos, Mariana Rodrigues, Ana Martins Rêgo, André Vítor, Joana Delgado, Sofia Pinheiro, Rita Neves, Pedro Figueiredo, Carlos Costa, José Bandeira Vale, José Salgado, Vasco Timóteo, Ângela Mult Scler Relat Disord Original Research Article BACKGROUND: Considering the potential COVID-19 impact on pwMS health and the importance of vaccination for this population, we decided to assess: (a) pwMS’ beliefs and knowledge on COVID-19 pandemic; (b) their acceptance towards COVID-19 vaccination and (c) pwMS’ opinions on general vaccination. METHODS: Observational study, based on a cross-sectional (10-20(th) September 2020) online survey, conducted in a cohort of pwMS’ followed at two Portuguese hospitals. The survey included measures to characterize the sample and a questionnaire designed to assess the topics defined for this study. RESULTS: 270 respondents completed the full survey (response rate 58.2%). pwMS greatest concern during the pandemic was an aggravation of MS, especially by patients older than 50 years old. Almost 40% of the patients older than 50 felt that the pandemic negatively affected their MS related medical assistance. Most patients believed they would recover from COVID-19 infection. More than half of the responders feared a MS aggravation if they got COVID-19; this was more pronounced in patients with progressive MS. About 12% of the participants did not want to be vaccinated and almost 40% was unsure. Regarding vaccines in general, almost a third of the participants feared their side effects or MS related complications. CONCLUSION: Having knowledge of pwMS’ opinions on COVID-19 pandemic impact and vaccination is useful to better address these issues. Fears and expectations towards vaccination must be discussed with pwMS. Elsevier B.V. 2021-09 2021-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8234267/ /pubmed/34216996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103113 Text en © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Moniz Dionísio, Joana
Santos, Mariana
Rodrigues, Ana Martins
Rêgo, André
Vítor, Joana
Delgado, Sofia
Pinheiro, Rita
Neves, Pedro
Figueiredo, Carlos
Costa, José Bandeira
Vale, José
Salgado, Vasco
Timóteo, Ângela
Opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine
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title_fullStr Opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine
title_full_unstemmed Opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine
title_short Opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine
title_sort opinions, beliefs and knowledge of people with multiple sclerosis on covid-19 pandemic and vaccine
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8234267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34216996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021.103113
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