[Pubmed] Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with myast
Posté : 08 juin 2023 12:00
Intractable Rare Dis Res. 2023 May;12(2):88-96. doi: 10.5582/irdr.2023.01003.
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of the pandemic on health-related quality of life (HRQoL), anxious-depressive symptoms, feelings of loneliness, and fear of COVID-19 between people with myasthenia gravis (MG) and healthy controls. We also wanted to know in which group the variable fear of COVID-19 interfered the most with the results. This cross-sectional study involved 60 people with MG and 60 healthy controls. Participants using an online platform completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale and the Fear of COVID19 Scale (FCV- 19S). The MG group reported worse levels in HRQoL indicators (p = 0.043-
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3728765 ... t6+86293ac