TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of COVID-19 on people with multiple sclerosis
T2 - A comparison of Italian and United States cohorts
AU - Schwartz, Carolyn E.
AU - Rapkin, Bruce D.
AU - Bonavita, Simona
AU - Bossa, Michela
AU - Buscarinu, Maria Chiara
AU - Grasso, Maria Grazia
AU - Luca, Maria
AU - Nozzolillo, Agostino
AU - Nocentini, Ugo
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Wesley Michael, M.B.A. of Rare Patient Voice, LLC, for facilitating access to participants; to MS COVID Resilience Italian Study Group; to Roland B. Stark, M.Ed. for assistance with statistical programming; and to the participants themselves who provided data for this project. All authors declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest and report no disclosures. This work was not funded by an external organization. The study data are confidential and thus not able to be shared. This study was conducted in accordance with the provision of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the New England Independent Review Board (NEIRB #2021164); by the Santa Lucia Institute Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Foundation Independent Ethics Committee; and by the ethics committee of each collaborator's institution. All the patients provided written informed consent before participation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Background/Objectives: The present cross-national study addressed the relationship among three pandemic-related variables and multiple sclerosis (MS) disability outcomes among people with MS in Italy and the United States (US). Methods: This cross-sectional web-based study was administered to 708 patients with MS from the US and Italy in late Spring through mid-Summer of 2020. Pandemic-related variables assessed worry, self-protection, and post-traumatic growth.
AB - Background/Objectives: The present cross-national study addressed the relationship among three pandemic-related variables and multiple sclerosis (MS) disability outcomes among people with MS in Italy and the United States (US). Methods: This cross-sectional web-based study was administered to 708 patients with MS from the US and Italy in late Spring through mid-Summer of 2020. Pandemic-related variables assessed worry, self-protection, and post-traumatic growth.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Disability
KW - International
KW - Mental health
KW - Multiple sclerosis
KW - Post-traumatic growth
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msard.2022.103888
DO - 10.1016/j.msard.2022.103888
M3 - Article
C2 - 35661570
AN - SCOPUS:85131403678
SN - 2211-0348
VL - 63
JO - Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
JF - Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
M1 - 103888
ER -
