Incidence and Impact of COVID-19 in MS: A Survey From a Barcelona MS Unit.
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antirheumatic Agents
/ adverse effects
COVID-19
/ complications
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electronic Health Records
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Sclerosis
/ complications
Sex Factors
Spain
/ epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult
Journal
Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation
ISSN: 2332-7812
Titre abrégé: Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101636388
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 03 2021
04 03 2021
Historique:
received:
22
09
2020
accepted:
20
11
2020
entrez:
28
1
2021
pubmed:
29
1
2021
medline:
5
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
To investigate the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a single-center cohort of patients with MS and to explore the contribution of their comorbidities and therapies to the outcome. A cross-sectional mixed-method study was conducted involving an email-based, self-administered questionnaire sent on May 21, 2020, to 586 patients with MS followed at the MS Unit of Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, along with telephone interview, and review of electronic medical records until June 18, 2020. The cumulative incidence of confirmed COVID-19 (positive PCR or antibody test) and all COVID-19 cases (confirmed and suspected) from the start of the pandemic was compared with the population estimates for Barcelona. A total of 407 patients (69.5%) completed the survey. Most of the responders (67%) were female. The responders had a median age of 48 years (range 19-86), relapsing-remitting disease (84%), at least 1 comorbidity (45%), and were on disease-modifying therapy (DMT; 74.7%). COVID-19 was confirmed in 5 patients (1.2%) and suspected in 46 (11.3%). The cumulative incidence of confirmed COVID-19 cases was similar to that of the general population but was almost 2-fold higher when all cases were considered ( In the studied MS cohort, the incidence of COVID-19 was higher than that of the general population; however, most patients did not require hospitalization and had a good outcome despite the frequent presence of comorbidities and treatment with DMT.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33504634
pii: 8/2/e954
doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000954
pmc: PMC7862095
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antirheumatic Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology.
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