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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

COVID-19 Patients with Early Gastrointestinal Symptoms Show Persistent Deficits in Specific Attention Subdomains.

Juliana Schmidt, Maria Cruz, Julio Tolentino, Aureo Carmo, Maria Paes, Glenda de Lacerda, Ana Gjorup, Sergio Schmidt

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Juliana SchmidtPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.
Maria CruzPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7555-4540
Julio TolentinoPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.
Aureo CarmoPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.
Maria PaesPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0228-0846
Glenda de LacerdaPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.
Ana GjorupPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.
Sergio SchmidtPostgraduate Neurology Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 202709001, Brazil.

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Abstract

Previous studies have shown that COVID-19 inpatients exhibited significant attentional deficits on the day of discharge. However, the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms (GIS) has not been evaluated. Here, we aimed to verify: (1) whether COVID-19 patients with GIS exhibited specific attention deficits; (2) which attention subdomain deficits discriminated patients with GIS and without gastrointestinal symptoms (NGIS) from healthy controls. On admission, the presence of GIS was recorded. Seventy-four physically functional COVID-19 inpatients at discharge and sixty-eight controls underwent a Go/No-go computerized visual attentional test (CVAT). A Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) was performed to examine group differences in attentional performance. To discriminate which attention subdomain deficits discriminated GIS and NGIS COVID-19 patients from healthy controls, a discriminant analysis was applied using the CVAT variables. The MANCOVA showed a significant overall effect of COVID-19 with GIS on attention performance. The discriminant analysis indicated that the GIS group could be differentiated from the controls by variability of reaction time and omissions errors. The NGIS group could be differentiated from controls by reaction time. Late attention deficits in COVID-19 patients with GIS may reflect a primary problem in the sustained and focused attention subsystems, whereas in NGIS patients the attention problems are related to the intrinsic-alertness subsystem.

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attentioncognitioncontinuous visual attention testCOVID-19gastrointestinal symptoms

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PMCPMC10003448

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