Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on people with epilepsy: An interventional study using early physical consultation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telehealth use is limited in developing countries. Therefore, a modified approach with early physical consultation was designed and applied in our hospital. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of this early physical consultation in reducing the clinical and psychological impacts of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), which enabled insight into its global feasibility.

Method

Participants were contacted and offered early physical consultation with a neurologist. Patients who participated in the Phase 1 study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with epilepsy and treated in our hospital were recruited. Clinical and psychological outcomes of COVID-19 were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inve

SUBMITTER: Koh MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8270747 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature