Fragoso, Yara Dadalti

Gomes, Sidney

Goncalves, Marcus Vinicius M

Machado, Suzana C Nunes

Morales, Rogerio de Rizo

Oliveira, Francisco Tomas M de

Oliveira, João Filipe de

Olmo, Neide R Simoes

Parolin, Monica K Fiuza

Siquineli, Fabio

Stoney, Patrick N

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

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Aberdeen University Research

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

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.</jats:p

Yara Dadalti Fragoso

Sidney Gomes

Marcus Vinicius M. Goncalves

Suzana C. Nunes Machado

Rogerio de Rizo Morales

Francisco Tomas M. de Oliveira

João Filipe de Oliveira

Neide R. Simoes Olmo

Monica K. Fiuza Parolin

Fabio Siquineli

Patrick N. Stoney

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

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