COVID-19对多发性硬化症疲劳的影响
Zade Abou-Rass1, Jennie Feldpausch1,2, Prudence Plummer3
1From the Neuroimaging and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
International journal of MS care
|June 18, 2024
概括
由于COVID-19的隔离,多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的身体,情绪和精神疲劳加剧了. 即使在限制解除后,疲劳水平仍然很高,这凸显了对MS疲劳的持续支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- COVID-19隔离需要改变生活方式,可能会加剧多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的疲劳.
- 患有多发性硬化症的人倾向于不活动和社会隔离,增加与疲劳相关的风险.
- 了解大流行对MS相关疲劳的影响对于患者的福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19隔离对美国成年患有MS的精神,情感和身体疲劳的影响.
- 评估疫情限制期间和之后疲劳水平的变化.
主要方法:
- 在美国,向被诊断患有MS的成年人 (18岁以上) 分发了一项调查.
- 参与者提供了人口统计数据,并报告了大流行对他们疲劳水平的影响.
- 该调查包括600名受访者:478人患有复发性多发性硬化症,122人患有进展性多发性硬化症.
主要成果:
- 在大流行期间,身体和情绪疲劳显著增加,在隔离后仍然很高 (P < .01).
- 在大流行期间,精神疲劳也显著上升,并保持在高位,尽管与大流行前的水平没有显著差异.
- 观察到时间和疲劳类型之间的显著相互作用.
结论:
- 患有多发性硬化症的人因COVID-19隔离而持续增加身体,精神和情绪疲劳.
- 即使在隔离限制解除后,疲劳水平也没有恢复到基线.
- 医疗保健提供者必须主动评估MS患者的所有类型的疲劳,以确保适当的管理.
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