Abstract
Background
Governments around the world have imposed varied containment measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 infection. The psychological impact could be highly negative in patients with neurologic condition like Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
Methods
We prospectively evaluated symptoms of depression and anxiety in 50 (26 females; mean age at 60.4) non demented Moroccan PD patients, using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), at the beginning and after 6 weeks of a full confinement.
Results
At the first evaluation, 28% of patients had depression while 32% had anxiety. After 6 weeks of confinement, some patients got worse and others got better scores but no significant statistical difference for both troubles was seen.
Conclusion
Our results show that there is no significant impact of 6 weeks of confinement on overall anxiety and depression scores. However, confinement could have an unexpected positive psychological impact on a significant number of PD patients.
【저자키워드】 Anxiety, Depression, lockdown, confinement, Parkinson, 【초록키워드】 Spread, COVID-19 infection, psychological Impact, Patient, age, scale, patients, depression scores, positive, HADS, neurologic, Containment measure, statistical, Result, evaluated, symptoms of depression, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19 pandemic, Patient,