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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Geriatr Med
. 2022 Aug;38(3):593-603.
doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2022.05.003. Epub 2022 May 8.
Neuropsychological Measures of Long COVID-19 Fog in Older Subjects
Alessandra Lauria[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Angelo Carfì[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesca Benvenuto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giulia Bramato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesca Ciciarello[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara Rocchi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elisabetta Rota[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrea Salerno[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Leonardo Stella[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marcello Tritto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Antonella Di Paola[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Pais[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matteo Tosato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Delfina Janiri[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gabriele Sani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesco Cosimo Pagano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Massimo Fantoni[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Roberto Bernabei[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesco Landi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alessandra Bizzarro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gemelli Against COVID-19 Post-acute Care Study Group[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 is known to impact older people more severely and to cause persistent symptoms during the recovery phase, including cognitive and neurologic ones. We investigated the cognitive and neurologic features of 100 elderly patients with confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 evaluated in the postacute phase through a direct neuropsychological evaluation consisting on Mini Mental State Examination and 8 neuropsychological tests. Overall, a total of 33 participants were found to perform at a level considered to be pathologic; more specifically, 33%, 23%, and 20% failed on Trial Making, Digit Span Backwards, and Frontal Evaluation Battery tests, respectively.
Keywords: Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Long COVID.
. 2022 Aug;38(3):593-603.
doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2022.05.003. Epub 2022 May 8.
Neuropsychological Measures of Long COVID-19 Fog in Older Subjects
Alessandra Lauria[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Angelo Carfì[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesca Benvenuto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giulia Bramato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesca Ciciarello[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara Rocchi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elisabetta Rota[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andrea Salerno[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Leonardo Stella[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marcello Tritto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Antonella Di Paola[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Pais[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matteo Tosato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Delfina Janiri[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gabriele Sani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesco Cosimo Pagano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Massimo Fantoni[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Roberto Bernabei[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Francesco Landi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alessandra Bizzarro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gemelli Against COVID-19 Post-acute Care Study Group[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35868675
- PMCID: PMC9080120
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2022.05.003
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 is known to impact older people more severely and to cause persistent symptoms during the recovery phase, including cognitive and neurologic ones. We investigated the cognitive and neurologic features of 100 elderly patients with confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 evaluated in the postacute phase through a direct neuropsychological evaluation consisting on Mini Mental State Examination and 8 neuropsychological tests. Overall, a total of 33 participants were found to perform at a level considered to be pathologic; more specifically, 33%, 23%, and 20% failed on Trial Making, Digit Span Backwards, and Frontal Evaluation Battery tests, respectively.
Keywords: Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Long COVID.