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COVID-19 in Multiple Sclerosis: Clinically reported outcomes from the UK Multiple Sclerosis Register
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Elaine Craig,
Jeff Rodgers,
Katherine Tuite-Dalton,
A Garjani,
N Evangelou,
R das Nair,
Rachael Hunter,
EC Tallantyre,
M Cauchi,
C Cairn,
D Paling,
S Fuller,
G McDonnell,
K Petheram,
B Liu,
U Nock,
Gillian Ingram,
W Brownlee,
J Taylor,
R Nicholas
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Volume: 56, Start page: 103317
Swansea University Authors:
Rod Middleton , Elaine Craig, Jeff Rodgers, Katherine Tuite-Dalton, Rachael Hunter, Gillian Ingram
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103317
Abstract
BackgroundIn March 2020, the United Kingdom Multiple Sclerosis Register (UKMSR) established an electronic case return form, designed collaboratively by MS neurologists, to record data about COVID-19 infections in people with MS (pwMS).ObjectivesExamine how hospital admission and mortality are affect...
| Published in: | Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders |
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| ISSN: | 2211-0348 |
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Elsevier BV
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58395 |
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BackgroundIn March 2020, the United Kingdom Multiple Sclerosis Register (UKMSR) established an electronic case return form, designed collaboratively by MS neurologists, to record data about COVID-19 infections in people with MS (pwMS).ObjectivesExamine how hospital admission and mortality are affected by disability, age and disease modifying treatments (DMTs) in people with Multiple Sclerosis with COVID-19.MethodsAnonymised data were submitted by clinical teams. Regression models were tested for predictors of hospitalisation and mortality outcomes. Separate analyzes compared the first and second ‘waves’ of the pandemic.ResultsUnivariable analysis found hospitalisation and mortality were associated with increasing age, male gender, comorbidities, severe disability, and progressive MS; severe disability showed the highest magnitude of association. Being on a DMT was associated with a small, lower risk. Multivariable analysis found only age and male gender were significant. Post hoc analysis demonstrated that factors were significant for hospitalisation but not mortality. In the second wave, hospitalisation and mortality were lower. Separate models of the first and second wave using age and gender found they had a more important role in the second wave.ConclusionsFeatures associated with poor outcome in COVID-19 are similar to other populations and being on a DMT was not found to be associated with adverse outcomes, consistent with smaller studies. Once in hospital, no factors were predictive of mortality. Reassuringly, mortality appears lower in the second wave. |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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Multiple Sclerosis Society, grant number: MSREG-001 |
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