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cord-318390-uuz37610	Saleem, Tayyaba	COVID-19 containment and its unrestrained impact on epilepsy management in resource-limited areas of Pakistan	2020-09-25		.txt	text/plain	2926	139	44	The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that led to an unprecedented crisis with significant health, social, and economic repercussions presented more serious concerns for those living with some chronic conditions such as epilepsy. The current study, which holds 77% of the respondents from rural areas and 23% from urban settings, showed that partial measures of lockdown taken to stop or slow the spread of COVID-19 resulted in adverse economic and health outcomes in the said population including cancelation of follow-up visits, worsening of seizures, job loss, burden of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) costs, and discontinuation of medicines. The present study was aimed to find out the impact of COVID-19 containment measures on the management strategy of low literate caregivers of patients living in resource-limited areas of Pakistan, one of the active hotspots of the pandemic.	./cache/cord-318390-uuz37610.txt	./txt/cord-318390-uuz37610.txt