Patients with multiple sclerosis do not necessarily consume more alcohol or tobacco than the general population

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Yara Dadalti Fragoso¹  Sidney Gomes¹  Marcus Vinicius M. Goncalves¹  Suzana C. Nunes Machado¹  Rogerio De Rizo Morales¹  Francisco Tomas M. De Oliveira¹  João Filipe De Oliveira¹  Neide R. Simoes Olmo¹  Monica K. Fiuza Parolin¹  Fabio Siquineli¹  Patrick N. Stoney¹ 

关键词: multiple sclerosis;    alcohol;    tobacco;    illicit drugs;    anxiety;    depression;    esclerose múltipla;    álcool;    tabaco;    ansiedade;    depressão;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20150117

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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