A growing number of scientific contributions suggest that COVID-19 infection can lead to impairment of cognition, mainly in executive functions and memory domains, even in the absence of frank neurological pathologies. The primary objective of this retrospective study is to evaluate the frequency and type of inefficiencies in a selection of cognitive tests administered to a sample of subjects who, following infection, required invasive assisted ventilation and were admitted to rehabilitation wards for the treatment of functional impairment. Fifty-seven subjects were enrolled. The recruited patients undergone an assessment of verbal and visuospatial memory and executive functions, upon entry into the rehabilitation department, after discharge from intensive care. The following tests were administered: Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) (immediate and delayed recall), Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT) (copy and delayed recall), Stroop Color-Word Test, and Trail Making Test (TMT, A and B). Deficient scores, in beyond 25% of subjects, were found in the copy of the ROCFT (32.1% of subjects), and in the delayed recall of ROCFT (27.2%). Between 10 and 20% of patients presented an abnormal result in delayed recall of AVLT (16.07%), and Stroop Test (time, 15.6%, error, 11.5%). Less than 10% of the sample had abnormal performances on TMT (A, 3.5%, and B, 9.4%), and in AVLT immediate recall (8.9%). Correlations of the performances with age, sex, and education were also found. This paper highlights the high incidence of abnormal cognitive performances in this specific subpopulation of patients with COVID-19 infection.

Basagni, B., Abbruzzese, L., Damora, A., Conforti, J., Saviola, D., De Tanti, A., Podgorska, A., Biagioni, C., Bacci, M., Gambarelli, C., Strologo, F., Maietti, A., Mancuso, M., Cognition in COVID-19 infected patients undergoing invasive ventilation: results from a multicenter retrospective study., <<APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT>>, 2023; 2023 (Feb 24): 1-10. [doi:10.1080/23279095.2023.2181083] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/230210]

Cognition in COVID-19 infected patients undergoing invasive ventilation: results from a multicenter retrospective study.

De Tanti, Antonio;Maietti, Alessandra;
2023

Abstract

A growing number of scientific contributions suggest that COVID-19 infection can lead to impairment of cognition, mainly in executive functions and memory domains, even in the absence of frank neurological pathologies. The primary objective of this retrospective study is to evaluate the frequency and type of inefficiencies in a selection of cognitive tests administered to a sample of subjects who, following infection, required invasive assisted ventilation and were admitted to rehabilitation wards for the treatment of functional impairment. Fifty-seven subjects were enrolled. The recruited patients undergone an assessment of verbal and visuospatial memory and executive functions, upon entry into the rehabilitation department, after discharge from intensive care. The following tests were administered: Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) (immediate and delayed recall), Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT) (copy and delayed recall), Stroop Color-Word Test, and Trail Making Test (TMT, A and B). Deficient scores, in beyond 25% of subjects, were found in the copy of the ROCFT (32.1% of subjects), and in the delayed recall of ROCFT (27.2%). Between 10 and 20% of patients presented an abnormal result in delayed recall of AVLT (16.07%), and Stroop Test (time, 15.6%, error, 11.5%). Less than 10% of the sample had abnormal performances on TMT (A, 3.5%, and B, 9.4%), and in AVLT immediate recall (8.9%). Correlations of the performances with age, sex, and education were also found. This paper highlights the high incidence of abnormal cognitive performances in this specific subpopulation of patients with COVID-19 infection.
2023
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Basagni, B., Abbruzzese, L., Damora, A., Conforti, J., Saviola, D., De Tanti, A., Podgorska, A., Biagioni, C., Bacci, M., Gambarelli, C., Strologo, F., Maietti, A., Mancuso, M., Cognition in COVID-19 infected patients undergoing invasive ventilation: results from a multicenter retrospective study., <<APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT>>, 2023; 2023 (Feb 24): 1-10. [doi:10.1080/23279095.2023.2181083] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/230210]
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