Prevalence and Associated Factors of Very Early Cognitive Impairment in COVID-19 Convalescents: a Study Using Data from a Questionnaire Survey

Authors :: HUA Qiaoli, LIU Huiling, XU Xiaohua, ZHENG Danwen, WANG Qian, LIU Yuntao, ZHOU Xin, YANG Rongyuan, DING Banghan, GUO Jianwen, ZHANG Zhongde
Source :: Zhongguo quanke yixue, Vol 26, Iss 10, Pp 1234-1240 (2023)
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd, 2023.
Abstract: Background COVID-19 may impair the central nervous system, but the prevalence and related factors of very early cognitive impairment in discharged COVID-19 convalescents are still unclear. Objective To assess the prevalence of very early cognitive impairment in discharged COVID-19 convalescents, and to identify its influencing factors. Methods This study included 574 COVID-19 convalescents from August 28 to September 30, 2020, including individuals who were discharged from designated hospitals for treating COVID-19 in Wuhan from December 2019 to April 2020 randomly selected from the hospital information system, and those with informed consent recruited through news media. According to the Eight-item Informant Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia (AD8) score, the subjects were divided into a very early cognitive impairment group (AD8≥2) and a non-very early cognitive impairment group (AD8

Subjects :: covid-19
sequelae
early cognitive dysfunction
microcog
anxiety
preventive health programs
Medicine

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