ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Neurological and Mental Health Symptoms Associated with Post-COVID-19 Disability in a Sample of Patients Discharged from a COVID-19 Ward: A Secondary Analysis.
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- The global prevalence of depression, anxiety, and sleep disorder among patients coping with Post COVID-19 syndrome (long COVID): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of poor sleep quality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Acute and Preventive Treatment of COVID-19-Related Headache: A Series of 100 Patients.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cognitive and emotional predictors of quality of life and functioning after COVID-19.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a supertyphoon: A quantitative study in Cebu, Philippines.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Olfaction and neurocognition after COVID-19: a scoping review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Recent studies suggest that COVID-19 survivors may experience long-term health consequences: in particular, neurological and mental health symptoms might be associated with long-term negative outcomes. This study is a secondary analysis of a larger cohort study and aims to determine the extent to which neurological and mental health sequelae are associated with survivors' disability. Participants include COVID-19 survivors, with no pre-morbid brain conditions, who were discharged from the COVID-19 Unit of the ASST Spedali Civili Hospital between February and April 2020. At an average of 3.5 months after discharge, they were submitted to a neurological examination and completed the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS-12), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Multivariable regression analysis was carried out to analyze variables that explain WHODAS-12 variation. In total, 83 patients (63 males, average age 66.9, 95% CI: 64.2-69.7) were enrolled; average WHODAS-12 was 13.2 (95% CI: 9.7-16.6). Cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, fatigue, and hyposmia/hypogeusia explained 28.8% of WHODAS-12 variation. These findings underline the importance and need for longitudinal follow-up assessments after recovery from COVID-19 and suggest the need for early rehabilitation of residual symptoms to enhance patients' functioning.
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