The effects of COVID-19 on sleep and general health of Czech patients with epilepsy

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RIV/00216224:14110/23:00133825 RIV/61988987:17110/23:A2402NJJ RIV/00216208:11140/23:10470141 RIV/00843989:_____/23:E0110197 and 2 more

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13413" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13413</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of COVID-19 on sleep and general health of Czech patients with epilepsy

Original language description

Objectives: To assess the impact of COVID-19 illness and pandemic era on sleep, general health, health care, and social status in patients with epilepsy in the Czech Republic.Methods: Our designed and approved questionnaire consisted of 23 questions. We focused on (1) patients&apos; demographic and epidemiological data regarding COVID-19, (2) subjective assessment of sleep; (3) epilepsy, and (4) perception of general health during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic from March 2020 to May 2021. We administered the questionnaires during outpatient visits or by phone calls in three major university Czech epilepsy centers (Ostrava, Brno, Pilsen).Results: We enrolled 227 (100%) patients. The mean age (+/- SD) was 41.2 +/- 14.82 years (min 18, max 86 years), and 138 (61%) were women. COVID-19 was confirmed using the PCR test method in 57 (25.1%) patients. In the pre-pandemic era, 62 (27.3%) patients reported sleep distur-bances. Insomnia in 46 (74.2%) and excessive daytime sleepiness in 6 (9.7%) were the most mentioned sleep abnormalities. Nocturnal seizures predispose to sleep impairment (p = 0.014) and vivid dreams and nightmares (p = 0.033). COVID-19 infection significantly increased the risk of vivid dreams and nightmares in patients with diurnal seizures (p = 0.006). Sleep quality impairment and seizure frequency worsening [(p &lt; 0.001) and (p = 0.001), respectively] were the most significant risk factors to perform general health deterioration regardless of having COVID-19 (p = 0.559). The most affected age group was 51+ years (p = 0.033). The three centers provided adequate outpatient care during the first year of the pandemic. The employment and social status of the patients remained unchanged (p = 0.074).Conclusions: COVID-19 infection significantly increased the occurrence of vivid dreams and nightmares in patients with diurnal seizures. Sleep quality deterioration and seizure frequency worsening significantly negatively impacted general health performance.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30200 - Clinical medicine

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Heliyon

ISSN

2405-8440

e-ISSN

2405-8440

Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

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UT code for WoS article

000969339100001

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