Fatigue and cognitive impairment after COVID-19: A prospective multicentre study

Autor: Tim J. Hartung, Christian Neumann, Thomas Bahmer, Irina Chaplinskaya-Sobol, Matthias Endres, Johanna Geritz, Karl Georg Haeusler, Peter U. Heuschmann, Hanna Hildesheim, Andreas Hinz, Sina Hopff, Anna Horn, Michael Krawczak, Lilian Krist, Jennifer Kudelka, Wolfgang Lieb, Corina Maetzler, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Felipe A. Montellano, Caroline Morbach, Sein Schmidt, Stefan Schreiber, Flo Steigerwald, Stefan Störk, Walter Maetzler, Carsten Finke
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: EClinicalMedicine, Vol 53, Iss , Pp 101651- (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-5370
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101651
Popis: Summary: Background: Reliable estimates of frequency, severity and associated factors of both fatigue and cognitive impairment after COVID-19 are needed. Also, it is not clear whether the two are distinct sequelae of COVID-19 or part of the same syndrome.'' Methods: In this prospective multicentre study, frequency of post-COVID fatigue and cognitive impairment were assessed in n = 969 patients (535 [55%] female) ≥6 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection with the FACIT-Fatigue scale (cut-off ≤30) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (≤25 mild, ≤17 moderate impairment) between November 15, 2020 and September 29, 2021 at University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel and University Hospital Würzburg in Germany. 969 matched non-COVID controls were drawn from a pre-pandemic, randomised, Germany-wide population survey which also included the FACIT-Fatigue scale. Associated sociodemographic, comorbid, clinical, psychosocial factors and laboratory markers were identified with univariate and multivariable linear regression models. Findings: On average 9 months after infection, 19% of patients had clinically relevant fatigue, compared to 8% of matched non-COVID controls (p
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