Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Background/Objectives: Although COVID-19 has been linked to worse outcomes in patients with neurological disorders, its impact on those with essential tremor (ET) remains unclear. To investigate clinical outcomes of ET patients with and without COVID-19 three and a half years post-pandemic. Methods:...
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| author | Rachel Pakan Roham Hadidchi Yousef Al-Ani Hannah Piskun Katie S. Duong Sonya Henry Stephen Wang Carine W. Maurer Tim Q. Duong |
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| description | Background/Objectives: Although COVID-19 has been linked to worse outcomes in patients with neurological disorders, its impact on those with essential tremor (ET) remains unclear. To investigate clinical outcomes of ET patients with and without COVID-19 three and a half years post-pandemic. Methods: 1074 ET patients were evaluated in this retrospective study in the Montefiore Health System from January 2016 to July 2023. Comparisons between ET patients with and without a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction test were made. Outcomes included post-index date major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), new-onset sleep disturbances, fatigue, dyspnea, first-time fall, new-onset anxiety, new-onset depression, headache, new-onset imbalance, new-onset mild cognitive impairment, and all-cause mortality, adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) adjusting for covariates were calculated. Results: ET patients with COVID-19 had higher prevalence of pre-existing type-2 diabetes, depression, and anxiety compared to ET patients without COVID-19. COVID-19 was significantly associated with higher risk of MACEs, (aHR = 2.39 [1.49, 3.82]), new-onset sleep disturbance, (aHR = 2.12 [1.44, 3.13]), fatigue, (aHR = 1.83 [1.27, 2.65]), dyspnea, (aHR = 1.98 [1.40, 2.80]), first-time fall, (aHR = 4.76 [2.24, 10.14]), new-onset anxiety, (aHR = 3.66 [2.02, 6.64]), and new-onset depression, (aHR = 2.38 [1.20, 4.70]). COVID-19 was not associated with all-cause mortality. Conclusions: In patients with ET, COVID-19 significantly increases the risk of several long-term adverse health outcomes, but not mortality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4bf9067575c440b3ad97e95d7d7000da2025-08-20T02:00:27ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182024-12-011424277410.3390/diagnostics14242774Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 InfectionRachel Pakan0Roham Hadidchi1Yousef Al-Ani2Hannah Piskun3Katie S. Duong4Sonya Henry5Stephen Wang6Carine W. Maurer7Tim Q. Duong8Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USADepartment of Neurology, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USADepartment of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10461, USABackground/Objectives: Although COVID-19 has been linked to worse outcomes in patients with neurological disorders, its impact on those with essential tremor (ET) remains unclear. To investigate clinical outcomes of ET patients with and without COVID-19 three and a half years post-pandemic. Methods: 1074 ET patients were evaluated in this retrospective study in the Montefiore Health System from January 2016 to July 2023. Comparisons between ET patients with and without a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction test were made. Outcomes included post-index date major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), new-onset sleep disturbances, fatigue, dyspnea, first-time fall, new-onset anxiety, new-onset depression, headache, new-onset imbalance, new-onset mild cognitive impairment, and all-cause mortality, adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) adjusting for covariates were calculated. Results: ET patients with COVID-19 had higher prevalence of pre-existing type-2 diabetes, depression, and anxiety compared to ET patients without COVID-19. COVID-19 was significantly associated with higher risk of MACEs, (aHR = 2.39 [1.49, 3.82]), new-onset sleep disturbance, (aHR = 2.12 [1.44, 3.13]), fatigue, (aHR = 1.83 [1.27, 2.65]), dyspnea, (aHR = 1.98 [1.40, 2.80]), first-time fall, (aHR = 4.76 [2.24, 10.14]), new-onset anxiety, (aHR = 3.66 [2.02, 6.64]), and new-onset depression, (aHR = 2.38 [1.20, 4.70]). COVID-19 was not associated with all-cause mortality. Conclusions: In patients with ET, COVID-19 significantly increases the risk of several long-term adverse health outcomes, but not mortality.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/24/2774long COVIDessential tremorPASCneurodegenerative diseases |
| spellingShingle | Rachel Pakan Roham Hadidchi Yousef Al-Ani Hannah Piskun Katie S. Duong Sonya Henry Stephen Wang Carine W. Maurer Tim Q. Duong Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Diagnostics long COVID essential tremor PASC neurodegenerative diseases |
| title | Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
| title_full | Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
| title_fullStr | Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
| title_short | Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Pre-Existing Essential Tremor After SARS-CoV-2 Infection |
| title_sort | long term outcomes of patients with pre existing essential tremor after sars cov 2 infection |
| topic | long COVID essential tremor PASC neurodegenerative diseases |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/24/2774 |
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