A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers
Background: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, many non-urgent outpatient services in Italy were closed due to the Government-enforced lockdown period. So far, little is known about what effect the pandemic, quarantine measures, and reductions in medical services had on people with cogn...
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| author | Desirée E. Porcari Desirée E. Porcari Katie Palmer Gianfranco Spalletta Gianfranco Spalletta Valentina Ciullo Nerisa Banaj |
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| description | Background: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, many non-urgent outpatient services in Italy were closed due to the Government-enforced lockdown period. So far, little is known about what effect the pandemic, quarantine measures, and reductions in medical services had on people with cognitive impairment and their caregivers.Objectives: To develop two versions (i.e., patients and informants/caregivers) of a survey designed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first Italian lockdown period (11 March −4 May 2020) on Memory Clinic outpatients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia, and their caregivers.Design: Psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and epidemiologists developed two versions: one for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and other cognitive disorders, the other for their relatives and/or caregivers. Each version of the survey includes five sections: (a) socio-demographic information and access to technology devices; (b) individual COVID-19 protection methods; (c) knowledge about COVID-19; (d) the effect of COVID-19 on daily life; and (e) the effect of COVID-19 on emotional state.Conclusion: Until an effective vaccine is developed it is likely that future waves of COVID-19 will result in shielding of vulnerable older adults. We believe that this instrument will be useful as a tool to collect information and help clinicians to promptly respond to changes in patients' cognitive, psychiatric, and somatic health needs, and to help for future planning in possible subsequent quarantine periods. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-104e4a8ac9604691a2a66290fdaf39cf2022-12-21T17:59:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402020-11-011110.3389/fpsyt.2020.599851599851A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their CaregiversDesirée E. Porcari0Desirée E. Porcari1Katie Palmer2Gianfranco Spalletta3Gianfranco Spalletta4Valentina Ciullo5Nerisa Banaj6Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, ItalyMenninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United StatesLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, ItalyLaboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, ItalyBackground: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, many non-urgent outpatient services in Italy were closed due to the Government-enforced lockdown period. So far, little is known about what effect the pandemic, quarantine measures, and reductions in medical services had on people with cognitive impairment and their caregivers.Objectives: To develop two versions (i.e., patients and informants/caregivers) of a survey designed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first Italian lockdown period (11 March −4 May 2020) on Memory Clinic outpatients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia, and their caregivers.Design: Psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and epidemiologists developed two versions: one for patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and other cognitive disorders, the other for their relatives and/or caregivers. Each version of the survey includes five sections: (a) socio-demographic information and access to technology devices; (b) individual COVID-19 protection methods; (c) knowledge about COVID-19; (d) the effect of COVID-19 on daily life; and (e) the effect of COVID-19 on emotional state.Conclusion: Until an effective vaccine is developed it is likely that future waves of COVID-19 will result in shielding of vulnerable older adults. We believe that this instrument will be useful as a tool to collect information and help clinicians to promptly respond to changes in patients' cognitive, psychiatric, and somatic health needs, and to help for future planning in possible subsequent quarantine periods.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.599851/fullCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 coronavirusneurocognitive disordersmild cognitive impairmentMCIdementia |
| spellingShingle | Desirée E. Porcari Desirée E. Porcari Katie Palmer Gianfranco Spalletta Gianfranco Spalletta Valentina Ciullo Nerisa Banaj A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers Frontiers in Psychiatry COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus neurocognitive disorders mild cognitive impairment MCI dementia |
| title | A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers |
| title_full | A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers |
| title_fullStr | A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers |
| title_short | A Survey for Examining the Effects of COVID-19 and Infection Control Measures in Older Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia and Their Caregivers |
| title_sort | survey for examining the effects of covid 19 and infection control measures in older persons with mild cognitive impairment and dementia and their caregivers |
| topic | COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus neurocognitive disorders mild cognitive impairment MCI dementia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.599851/full |
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