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COVID-19: Impact of Diagnosis Threat and Suggestibility on Subjective Cognitive Complaints / COVID-19: impacto de la amenaza de diagnóstico y la sugestibilidad en las quejas cognitivas subjetivas
Winter, Daniella; Braw, Yoram.
Affiliation
  • Winter, Daniella; Ariel University. Department of Psychology. Ariel. Israel
  • Braw, Yoram; Ariel University. Department of Psychology. Ariel. Israel
Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet) ; 22(1): 1-9, jan.-apr. 2022. tab, ilus, graf
Article in En | IBECS | ID: ibc-203390
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: ES15.1 - BNCS
RESUMEN
ResumenAntecedentes/Objetivo: Pacientes con COVID-19 recuperados informan síntomas neuro-lógicos persistentes (e.g., dolor de cabeza y fatiga) que se vieron afectados por procesos psicológicos en otros trastornos (e.g., Síndrome postconmoción cerebral después de una lesión cerebral traumática leve). Se evaluó el impacto de la amenaza del diagnóstico (i.e., información sobre el impacto neurológico a largo plazo del COVID-19) y la sugestión sobre los síntomas respaldados, tanto de pacientes recuperados como de controles sanos. Método: Pacientes recuperados (n = 90) y controles sanos (n = 210) informaron sobre su funcionamiento cognitivo después de haber sido asignados al azar a: (a) condición que exploró los síntomas neurológicos a largo plazo entre los sobrevivientes de COVID-19; (b) condición de control que proporciona información general sobre la enfermedad. Resulta­dos: Pacientes recuperados, pero no los controles sanos, aprobaron más síntomas en la condición experimental que en la condición control. La sugestión se asoció con una ma-yor aprobación de síntomas. Conclusiones: Los síntomas neurológicos posteriores al CO-VID-19 pueden verse afectados, al menos parcialmente, por factores no neurológicos como la amenaza del diagnóstico. La información sobre los efectos a largo plazo de CO-VID-19 puede sesgar los síntomas informados en individuos altamente sugestionables. Se necesitan más investigaciones para validar y desarrollar estos hallazgos iniciales.© 2021 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY−NC−ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by−nc−nd/4.0/)
ABSTRACT
AbstractBackground/Objective: A subset of recovered COVID-19 patients report persistent neuro-logical symptoms. These include non-specific symptoms (e.g., headaches and fatigue) which were found to be affected by psychological processes in other disorders (e.g., post-concussion syndrome after mild traumatic brain injury). The current study assessed the impact of diagnosis threat (i.e., information regarding the long-term neurological mpact of COVID-19) and suggestibility on endorsed symptoms of both recovered patients and healthy controls. Method: Recovered patients (n = 90) and healthy controls (n = 210) described their cognitive functioning after being randomly assigned to: (a) Experimental group: These participants read an article that explored long-term neurological symptoms among COVID-19 survivors. (b) Control group: These participants read an article providing general information regarding the disease. Results: Recovered patients, but not healthy controls, endorsed more symptoms in the experimental condition compared to the con-trol condition. Moreover, suggestibility was correlated with higher endorsement of symp-toms. Conclusions: Post COVID-19 neurological symptoms may, at least partially, be af-fected by non-neurological factors such as diagnosis threat. Information regarding long-term effects of COVID-19 may skew reported symptoms with highly suggestible indi-viduals particularly susceptible to these effects. Further research, however, is needed to validate and elaborate upon these initial findings.© 2021 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY−NC−ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by−nc−nd/4.0/).
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Full text: 1 Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Patients / Post-Concussion Syndrome / Fatigue / Brain Injuries, Traumatic Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet) Year: 2022 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Patients / Post-Concussion Syndrome / Fatigue / Brain Injuries, Traumatic Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Int. j. clin. health psychol. (Internet) Year: 2022 Document type: Article