The impact of COVID-19 on people with epilepsy: Global results from the coronavirus and epilepsy study.
Michael J VaseyXin You TaiJennifer ThorpeGabriel Davis JonesSamantha AshbyAsma HallabDing DingMaria AndrausPatricia DuganPiero PeruccaDaniel J CostelloJacqueline A FrenchTerence J O'BrienChantal DepondtDanielle M AndradeRobin SenguptaAshis DattaNorman DelantyNathalie JettéCharles R NewtonMartin J BrodieOrrin DevinskyJudith Helen CrossJosemir W SanderJane HannaFrank M C BesagArjune Sennull nullPublished in: Epilepsia open (2024)
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.