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cord-352703-2g7mqnte	Glasmacher, Stella A.	The immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motor neuron disease services and mortality in Scotland	2020-09-05		.txt	text/plain	893	53	54	title: The immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motor neuron disease services and mortality in Scotland We completed a population-based analysis of the Scottish MND Register, CARE-MND [2] and a clinician survey, to measure the impact of the pandemic on (1) diagnostic rate, (2) mortality rate, and, (3) delivery of services. We compared all-cause mortality between 01/03-01/06 in 2015-2019 (comparator period) and 01/03-01/06 2020 (COVID-19 period) using multivariable Poisson regression including age (< 50, 50-70, > 70 years) and year (2015-2020) as independent variables. We performed Chi-squared test to compare socioeconomic status (SIMD) [3] between those who died and survivors during the COVID-19 period. There was no difference in all-cause mortality between the COVID-19 and comparator periods (pooled regression coefficient 1.09 95% CIs 0.78, 1.53; P = 0.61). Our study is the first to demonstrate at a national level that rates of new MND diagnoses and all-cause mortality in pwMND have thus far been unaffected by COVID-19.	./cache/cord-352703-2g7mqnte.txt	./txt/cord-352703-2g7mqnte.txt