Clinical Correlates of Psychiatric Comorbidities in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
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Brief Summary
Many neuropsychiatric abnormalities associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). These may be broadly divided into 2 categories: disorders of mood, affect,and behavior and abnormalities affecting cognition. With respect to the former, theepidemiology, phenomenology, and theories of etiology are described for the syndromes ofdepression, bipolar disorder, euphoria, pathological laughing and crying, and psychosisattributable to MS. Finally,treatment pertaining to all these disorders is reviewed, with the observation thattranslational research has been found wanting when it comes to providing algorithms toguide clinicians. Guidelines derived from general psychiatry still largely apply, althoughthey may not always be most effective in patients with neurologic disorders. The importance of future research addressing this imbalance is emphasized, forneuropsychiatric sequel add significantly to the morbidity associated with MS.(1) The evolution of the neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis(MS), with a set sequence of events unfoldingoverthecourseofacenturyormore,providesahistoricalparadigmforotherneurologicdisorders.Accordingtotheparadigm,aclinically astute neurologist, whom posterity will treat kindly,first describes the neurologic (and occasionally, the psycho-logical) signs and symptomsthat cometo define the disorder. Over succeeding decades, the diagnostic criteria arerefined by further observation supplemented by data fromnew technologies. Mental state changes either pass with littlenoticeoraremissed.Acoupleofgenerationslatercomes belated recognition of prominent abnormalities in mentation-neuropsychiatryredux. . Invariably, the data reveal major psychiatric problems integral to the disease, and then, with fewexceptions, clinical research stops. Few double-blind,placebo-controlled treatment trials in neuropsychiatry provide an evidence-based approach to treating the newly discernedbehaviouralabnormalities. ThelifetimeprevalenceofmajordepressioninMS isapproximately 50% (2). A meta-analysis suggests that this is higherthan in other neurologic disorders (3) and, depending on thereferencepoint,is3to10 timestherateinthegeneral population (4). While the basic phenomenology of the MS depressive syndrome overlaps with that found in primarydepression, certain symptoms are more typical, while othersoccur less commonly. Thus, irritability, discouragement, andasenseoffrustration aremorelikelytoaccompanylowmoodthan are feelings of guilt and poor self-esteem (5). It is alsoimportanttorememberthatsymptomssuchasinsomnia,poorappetite,anddifficultieswithconcentrationandmemorymaybe equally attributable to depression or to MS. Depression is an important reason for so many MS patients'thoughtsofself-harm:suicidalintentoccursinapproximately30% of MS patients and is linked to the presence and severityof depression and social isolation (
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 15, 2022
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 19, 2022
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
June 1, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2023
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
February 1, 2023
CompletedMay 19, 2022
May 1, 2022
8 months
May 15, 2022
May 15, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
depression in patients with multiple sclerosis
hospital anxiety and depression scale a questionaire of depression from 0 to 21
8 months
anxiety in patients with multiple sclerosis
hospital anxiety and depression scale a questionaire of anxiety from 0to 21
8 months
Interventions
questionare on patients with multiple sclerosis
Eligibility Criteria
patients with multiple sclerosis
You may qualify if:
- The diagnosis of MS will be established clinically from the history according to revised McDonald's criteria 2010 The following psychiatric disorders ;depression , anxiety fulfilling the diagnostic criteria according to DSM5 as regard therapy, in the out patient clinic of Neuropsychiatry at Sohag university hospital from 1-6-2022 to 1-2-2023
You may not qualify if:
- Any patient with the following will be excluded from the study
- diagnosis of m.s is not definite
- vitally un stable
- refused consent
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Sohag Universitylead
Study Sites (1)
Sohag University Hospital
Sohag, Egypt
Related Publications (4)
Marrie RA, Cohen J, Stuve O, Trojano M, Sorensen PS, Reingold S, Cutter G, Reider N. A systematic review of the incidence and prevalence of comorbidity in multiple sclerosis: overview. Mult Scler. 2015 Mar;21(3):263-81. doi: 10.1177/1352458514564491. Epub 2015 Jan 26.
PMID: 25623244BACKGROUNDWu N, Minden SL, Hoaglin DC, Hadden L, Frankel D. Quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis: data from the Sonya Slifka Longitudinal Multiple Sclerosis Study. J Health Hum Serv Adm. 2007 Winter;30(3):233-67.
PMID: 18236703BACKGROUNDPapuc E, Stelmasiak Z. Factors predicting quality of life in a group of Polish subjects with multiple sclerosis: accounting for functional state, socio-demographic and clinical factors. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012 May;114(4):341-6. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.11.012. Epub 2011 Dec 1.
PMID: 22137087BACKGROUNDFeinstein A. The neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis. Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Mar;49(3):157-63. doi: 10.1177/070674370404900302.
PMID: 15101497BACKGROUND
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- CASE ONLY
- Time Perspective
- RETROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- resident doctor at Neuropsyiatric department faculty of medicine sohag university
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 15, 2022
First Posted
May 19, 2022
Study Start
June 1, 2022
Primary Completion
February 1, 2023
Study Completion
February 1, 2023
Last Updated
May 19, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-05