CONFISEP: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown on patients with multiple sclerosis in the north of France

We performed an online survey to assess lockdown impact in 176 patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) in the north of France. Access to healthcare was reduced for 38% of PwMS, mainly in physiotherapy, general practitioners and neurologists. 49.2% have implemented self-rehabilitation programs. Medic...

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Autores principales: Donzé, C., Massot, C., kwiatkowski, A., Guenot, M., Hautecoeur, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Masson SAS. 2022
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8433045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34538668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurol.2021.09.001
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Sumario:We performed an online survey to assess lockdown impact in 176 patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) in the north of France. Access to healthcare was reduced for 38% of PwMS, mainly in physiotherapy, general practitioners and neurologists. 49.2% have implemented self-rehabilitation programs. Medical support was maintained for 39.2% through teleconsultations. 76.2% reported a negative impact of lockdown related to worsen disability. 45.5% expressed beneficial effects like strengthening family relationships, and reduced fatigue. Previous studies have found the same results on disability and discontinuation of care. However, even if this period has been challenging for PwMS, most of them have shown excellent adaptability.

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