Psychological effects of lockdown measures for the covid-19 outbreak in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Autor: Luca Quartuccio, Alvisa Palese, Marco Binutti, Elisabetta Maresio, Dario Gregori, Salvatore De Vita, Silvia Gallipoli, Danila Azzolina, Giulia Lorenzoni, Corrado Lanera, Marco Silano, Donatella Colatutto, Ginevra De Marchi, Marinella Monte, Federica Zobec
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Popis: Luca Quartuccio,1,2,* Ginevra De Marchi,1,* Danila Azzolina,3 Elisabetta Maresio,4 Donatella Colatutto,1,2 Marco Binutti,1,2 Marinella Monte,5 Silvia Gallipoli,6 Federica Zobec,6 Corrado Lanera,3 Giulia Lorenzoni,3 Alvisa Palese,2,7 Marco Silano,8 Salvatore De Vita,1,2 Dario Gregori3 1Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Specialist Medicine, ASUFC, Udine, Italy; 2Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy; 3Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 4Prochild Onlus, Unit of Psychotherapy and Psychology, Trieste, Italy; 5Associazione Malati Reumatici (A.Ma.Re.), Udine, Italy; 6Zeta Research s.r.l., Trieste, Italy; 7School of Nursing, Department of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy; 8Unit of Human Nutrition and Health, Department of Food Safety Nutrition and Veterinary Public Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, 00161, Italy*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Luca QuartuccioDepartment of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, ItalyTel +39 0432559352Fax +39 0432559472Email luca.quartuccio@uniud.itObjective: To compare the psychological impact of the lockdown measures contrasting the COVID-19 outbreak between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and general population.Patients and Methods: From July 15th to August 15th 2020, a retrospective survey referring to the period March 9th to May 18th 2020 was administered to SLE patients and the results of the survey, called LEPRE (Lupus Erythematosus PREsto) study, were compared with those from the PRESTO (imPact of quaRantine mEasures againST cOvid19) project, the same survey provided to the general population. Consecutive patients > 18 years old affected by SLE and regularly followed in a single rheumatologic centre were involved. Primary outcome was to compare the scores of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R), the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12) and the Center for Epidemiological Depression Scale (CES-D) between patients and general population.Results: A total of 64 patients completed the survey. After a propensity score matching, they were compared to 128 people from PRESTO project. The median age among patients was 43 years (I–III interquartile range 35– 54.5), 88% were female and 100% Caucasian. IES-R [(score> 23: 57% (34) vs 49% (58)], GHQ-12 [(score> 13: 85% (52) vs 88% (106)], and CES-D [(score> 15: 45% (28) vs 40% (46)] scores were not statistically different between patients and controls (p> 0.05).Conclusion: Restrictive measures for COVID-19 pandemic had no greater impact on patients with SLE than in the general population. Strategy for coping to the SLE might be useful during lockdown measures and may be helpful for other chronic conditions.Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus, COVID-19, psychological distress
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