Abstract Details

Title Impact of COVID-19 on Movement Disorders Patients in the Outpatient Setting

Topic Movement Disorders

Presentation(s) P1 - Poster Session 1 (8:00 AM-9:00 AM)

Poster/Presentation
Number 5-004

Objective We sought to determine the emotional impact, stress, and burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on movement disorders patients.

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused stress for the whole population, as it is the only major incidence of a widespread infectious illness that most have experienced in their lifetime. The impact of COVID-19 on patients with chronic neurodegenerative disease, including movement disorders, is largely unknown.

Design/Methods Over 4 months (May to August 2021), subjects were asked to fill out a subjective questionnaire that asked whether neurological symptoms, relationships, mental health care, finances, or healthcare delays worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Pandemic Emotional Impact Scale (PEIS). The PEIS is a validated scale designed to measure the emotional impact of a worldwide pandemic. The scale has 16 questions, each of which is scored on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the worst. The two-sample t-test was used to obtain p-values at α=0.05.

Results The cohort had a mean age of 68.0 ± 10.5 years, with 54% males and 46% females. 62% of subjects had diagnoses of PD, and 38% had either ET, ataxia, or dystonia. The average disease duration for the cohort was 8.80 ± 9.47 years. The mean PEIS score for the cohort was 32.52 ± 12.61 (range 16-80). Higher (worse) PEIS scores were significantly associated with “personal financial loss” (p=0.0077), “worsening neurological symptoms” (p=0.0006), “strained relationships” (p=0.0021), “friends/family experiencing financial loss” (p=0.0006), “friends/family hospitalized” (p=0.0178), “delay in healthcare” (p < 0.0001), and “masks impacting health” (p = 0.0064).

Conclusions Although the emotional burden of COVID-19 was reasonably low in this cohort, patients were affected by financial burden, strained relationships, delays in healthcare, and mask wearing. The mental health and emotional burden of movement disorder patients should be carefully addressed.

Authors/Disclosures
Shaila Ghanekar PRESENTER	Miss Ghanekar has nothing to disclose.
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Alina Shub, PA (University of South Florida)	The institution of Ms. Shub has received research support from Abbott and Boston Scientific .
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Yarema Bezchlibnyk	Yarema Bezchlibnyk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Medtronic. Yarema Bezchlibnyk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for PMT Inc. Yarema Bezchlibnyk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Abbott. Yarema Bezchlibnyk has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Boston Scientific. Yarema Bezchlibnyk has received research support from Medtronic.
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Robert A. Hauser, MD, MBA, FAAN (Movement Disorders Center)	Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $50,000-$99,999 for serving as a Consultant for Supernus. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Stoparkinson. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Revance. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $100,000-$499,999 for serving as a Consultant for Abbvie. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Neurocrine. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Mitsubishi Tanabe. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Amneal. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Intrance. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Zambon. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for NanoPharmasolutions. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for HanAll BioPharma. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $50,000-$99,999 for serving as a Consultant for Cerevance. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Biogen. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Clario. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for UCB. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for ABLi Therapeutics. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Sumitomo. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Taurus Therapeutics. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Sorriddi Therapeutics. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Contera. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Lundbeck. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Alterity Therapeutics. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Convatec Inc. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Knight Therapeutics. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Acadia. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Biorasi. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Medicure Pharma. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for BlueRock. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Inhibikase. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Stoparkinson. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Photopharmics. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for ABLi Therapeutics. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Amneal . Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Neurocrine Biosciences. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $100,000-$499,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Supernus. Dr. Hauser has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Abbvie. Dr. Hauser has or had stock in Inhibikase.Dr. Hauser has or had stock in Axial Therapeutics.Dr. Hauser has or had stock in Enterin.Dr. Hauser has or had stock in Photopharmics. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Annovis Bio, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Inhibikase Therapeutics. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from AbbVie, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Biogen MA. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Cavion, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Cerevance Beta, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Cerevel Therapeutics. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Enterin, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Genentech. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Global Kinetics Corporation. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Hoffman-La Roche Inc. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from National Parkinson's Foundation. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Neuroderm. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Sage Therapeutics. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Scion NeuroStim. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from UCB BioPharma. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from UCB. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Amneal Pharmaceuticals. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Motric Bio, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Teva Branded Pharmaceuticals. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Truebinding, Inc.. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Jazz Pharmaceuticals. The institution of Dr. Hauser has received research support from Ipsen. Dr. Hauser has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care.
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Theresa A. Zesiewicz, MD (University of South Florida)	Dr. Zesiewicz has received personal compensation for serving as an employee of Medscape. Dr. Zesiewicz has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Lexeo. Dr. Zesiewicz has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Steminent. Dr. Zesiewicz has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Larimar. Dr. Zesiewicz has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Biohaven. Dr. Zesiewicz has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Biogen. Dr. Zesiewicz has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care. Dr. Zesiewicz has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care. Dr. Zesiewicz has received intellectual property interests from a discovery or technology relating to health care.

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