November 4, 2020

Frequency and Profile of Objective Cognitive Deficits in Hospitalized Patients Recovering from COVID-19

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): candidate, clinical characteristics, report, sequelae, summarize

[Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Cognitive impairments were found frequently in patients recovering from severe COVID-19 in an inpatient rehabilitation facility. A cross-sectional study tested 57 patients with a mean age of 65 years using standard measures of memory and executive function and found that 81% had cognitive impairment, with deficits most common in working memory (55%), set-shifting (47%), divided attention (46%), and processing speed (40%). 

Jaywant et al. (Nov 3, 2020). Frequency and Profile of Objective Cognitive Deficits in Hospitalized Patients Recovering from COVID-19. Pre-print downloaded Nov 4 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.28.20221887