Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City - A distinct response from the epilepsy experience
| Autor: | Jad Donato, Victor Ferastraoaru, Jillian Rosengard, Sheryl R. Haut |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study Brief Communication Stress Behavioral Neuroscience Epilepsy Seizures Pandemic Seizure control medicine Functional seizures Psychogenic disease Humans Psychiatry Pandemics Questionnaire study Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) business.industry SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Electroencephalography medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Neurology Cohort New York City Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Epilepsy & Behavior |
| ISSN: | 1525-5069 |
| Popis: | Although psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a common neurologic condition, there remains a paucity of literature on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on these patients. Using a cross-sectional questionnaire study, our group examined the experience of patients with PNES at a single Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in New York City, the epicenter of the initial COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Among our cohort of 18 subjects with PNES, 22.2% reported an improvement in seizure control during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Compared to the cohort of subjects with epilepsy without PNES, subjects with PNES were significantly more likely to report an improvement (p = 0.033). Our findings signal that sleep and stress may be relevant variables in both conditions that should be further investigated and potentially intervened upon. Larger dedicated studies of patients with PNES are needed to understand the impact of the pandemic’s widespread societal effects on these patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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