Cognitive impairment after recovery from COVID-19 : Frequency, profile, and relationships with clinical and laboratory indices

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Cognitive impairment (CI) is regarded as a remarkable burden in COVID-19 survivors. Its prevalence and profile, and relationships with the disease clinical and laboratory indices, remain unclear. The present study investigated, in a large sample of patients recovered from COVID-19, the frequency of CI with both a face-to-face screening tool and comprehensive test battery (MCCB). The study also evaluated the profile of CI and its relationships with COVID-19 clinical and laboratory indices and with psychopathological features. Out of 1344 subjects assessed for eligibility, 736 completed the screening phase 11 months after the COVID-19 infection; 402 participated in the baseline phase and completed an in depth cognitive, clinical and laboratory assessment about one month later. More than one third of the screened subjects presented a CI (COG+); it was associated to age, education, male gender, COVID-19 severity, and presence of anosmia, dyspnea at rest and exertional dyspnea during the acute phase. COG+ subjects showed a higher severity of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic distress, and worse global functioning, than subjects without CI. The MCCB showed that 45% of the subjects had a CI involving attention, working memory, verbal learning, visual learning, and reasoning and problem solving. Finally, neurocognitive functioning was inversely correlated with LDH blood levels, a potential biomarker of disease severity. According to our findings, cognitive functioning should be routinely and periodically assessed in COVID-19 patients, especially in older subjects, who experienced more severe COVID-19 symptoms. In case of persisting dysfunctions cognitive training programs should be considered as treatment strategies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 79(2024) vom: 01. Feb., Seite 22-31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Galderisi, Silvana [VerfasserIn]
Perrottelli, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Giuliani, Luigi [VerfasserIn]
Pisaturo, Maria Antonietta [VerfasserIn]
Monteleone, Palmiero [VerfasserIn]
Pagliano, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Vita, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Muiesan, Maria Lorenza [VerfasserIn]
Amore, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Bassetti, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Siracusano, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Mucci, Armida [VerfasserIn]
Bucci, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Cascino, Giammarco [VerfasserIn]
Barlati, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Amerio, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Di Lorenzo, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Niolu, Cinzia [VerfasserIn]
Coppola, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Maj, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Italian Working Group on COVID-19 Cognitive and Psychopathological Sequelae [VerfasserIn]
Onorato, Lorenzo [Sonstige Person]
Giugliano, Gennaro [Sonstige Person]
Livoti, Maria Laura [Sonstige Person]
Caulo, Chiara [Sonstige Person]
Ceres, Rossella [Sonstige Person]
Polverino, Benedetto Maria [Sonstige Person]
Nibbio, Gabriele [Sonstige Person]
Pinton, Irene Calzavara [Sonstige Person]
Sala, Emma [Sonstige Person]
Aguglia, Andrea [Sonstige Person]
Vena, Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Barisione, Emanuela [Sonstige Person]
Bianciardi, Emanuela [Sonstige Person]
Nastro, Federico Fiori [Sonstige Person]
Pelle, Martina [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
COVID-19
Clinical correlates
Cognitive domains
Cognitive impairment prevalence
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 06.02.2024

Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.11.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365558605