TY - JOUR
T1 - Patients with multiple sclerosis do not necessarily consume more alcohol or tobacco than the general population
AU - Fragoso, Yara Dadalti
AU - Gomes, Sidney
AU - Goncalves, Marcus Vinicius M
AU - Machado, Suzana C Nunes
AU - Morales, Rogerio de Rizo
AU - Oliveira, Francisco Tomas M de
AU - Oliveira, João Filipe de
AU - Olmo, Neide R Simoes
AU - Parolin, Monica K Fiuza
AU - Siquineli, Fabio
AU - Stoney, Patrick N
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - Purpose Recent papers suggest that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are prone to alcohol misuse. This may be due to the combination of a lifelong and disabling disease with a psychiatric profile typical of MS. The objective of the present study was to assess these findings in a culturally different population of patients with MS.Method The present case-control transversal study assessed 168 patients with MS and 168 control subjects from Brazil.Results There were no evidence that patients with MS drank more alcohol or, smoked more than did controls. In fact, control subjects had a significantly higher alcohol consumption. The only trait associated to higher alcohol consumption was anxiety, both for patients and controls.Conclusion Unlike previous reports in the literature, patients with MS in our study did not drink or smoked more than a control population.
AB - Purpose Recent papers suggest that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are prone to alcohol misuse. This may be due to the combination of a lifelong and disabling disease with a psychiatric profile typical of MS. The objective of the present study was to assess these findings in a culturally different population of patients with MS.Method The present case-control transversal study assessed 168 patients with MS and 168 control subjects from Brazil.Results There were no evidence that patients with MS drank more alcohol or, smoked more than did controls. In fact, control subjects had a significantly higher alcohol consumption. The only trait associated to higher alcohol consumption was anxiety, both for patients and controls.Conclusion Unlike previous reports in the literature, patients with MS in our study did not drink or smoked more than a control population.
KW - multiple sclerosis
KW - alcohol
KW - tobacco
KW - illicit drugs
KW - anxiety
KW - depression
U2 - 10.1590/0004-282X20150117
DO - 10.1590/0004-282X20150117
M3 - Article
C2 - 26291989
SN - 0004-282X
VL - 73
SP - 828
EP - 833
JO - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
JF - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
IS - 10
ER -