The impact of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 on people with epilepsy: Global results from the coronavirus and epilepsy study
We asked people with epilepsy about the effects of COVID-19 on their health and healthcare. We wanted to compare responses from people in high-income countries and other countries. We found that people in high-income countries and other countries had similar levels of difficulty in getting help for their epilepsy. People in high-income countries were more likely to say that their general health had been affected. Healthcare workers in non-high-income settings were more likely to have contracted COVID-19 and have the care they deliver affected by the pandemic. Across all settings, COVID-19 associated with a large shift to remote consultations.
Authors
- Judith Helen Cross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7345-4829)
- Patricia Dugan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6199-1870)
- Orrin Devinsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0044-4632)
- Gabriel Davis Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4070-4814)
- Maria Emília Cosenza Andraus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1220-2588)
- Charles R. Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6999-5507)
- Terence John O'Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7198-8621)
- Piero Perucca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-7066)
- Michael J. Vasey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-3531)
- Ashis Datta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9062-9077)
- Asma Hallab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-7980)
- Martin J. Brodie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-2892)
- Josemir W. A. S. Sander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6041-9661)
- Jacqueline A. French (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2242-8027)
- Robin Sengupta
- Danielle Molinari Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0953-2698)
- Frank Besag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-7933)
- Chantal Depondt
- Arjune Sen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8948-4763)
- Samantha Ashby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-6041)
- Jennifer Thorpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-3669)
- Nathalie Jetté (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1351-5866)
- Jane Hanna
- Daniel J. Costello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-8246)
- Xin You Tai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-2559)
- Ding Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8747-6009)
- Norman Delanty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3953-9842)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- East London NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (GB)
- Beaumont Hospital (IE)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Oxford Research Group (GB)
- Cork University Hospital (IE)
- Epilepsy Research UK (GB)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre (AU)
- Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (IN)
- Allergy Action (GB)
- The London College (GB)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
- Epilepsy Foundation (AU)
- Huashan Hospital (CN)
- Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (NL)
- Austin Health (AU)
- University College London (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
- New York University (US)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (GB)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsia Open
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.13035
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.85