The association between objective cognitive measures and ecological-functional outcomes in COVID-19.
Front Psychol
; 13: 903697, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2119761
ABSTRACT
Background:
Cognitive dysfunctions, both subjective and detectable at psychometric testing, may follow SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, the ecological-functional relevance of such objective deficits is currently under-investigated. This study thus aimed at investigating the association between objective cognitive measures and both physical and cognitive, ecological-functional outcomes in post-COVID-19.Methods:
Forty-two COVID-19-recovered individuals were administered the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) was adopted to assess functional-ecological, motor/physical (FIM-Motor) and cognitive (FIM-Cognitive) outcomes at admission (T0) and discharge (T1).Results:
When predicting both T0/T1 FIM-total and-Motor scores based on MMSE/MoCA scores, premorbid risk for cognitive decline (RCD) and disease-related features, no model yielded a significant fit. However, the MoCA - but not the MMSE significantly predicted T0/T1 FIM-Cognitive scores. The MoCA was significantly related only to T0/T1 FIM-Cognitive Memory items.Discussion:
Cognitive measures are not associated with physical/motor everyday-life outcomes in post-COVID-19 patients. The MoCA may provide an ecological estimate of cognitive functioning in this population.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Psychol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fpsyg.2022.903697
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