Behavioral and Psychological Effects of Coronavirus Disease-19 Quarantine in Patients With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and several governments planned a national quarantine in order to control the virus spread. Acute psychological effects of quarantine in frail elderly subjects with special needs, such as patients with dementia, have been poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to assess modifications of neuropsychiatric symptoms during quarantine in patients with dementia and their caregivers.

Methods

This is a sub-study of a multicenter nation-wide survey. A structured telephone interview was delivered to family caregivers of patients with diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and vascular dementia (

SUBMITTER: Cagnin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509598 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature