Cognition Before and After COVID-19 Disease in Older Adults: An Exploratory Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older age is a major risk factor for severe COVID-19 disease which has been associated with a variety of neurologic complications, both acutely and chronically.

Objective

We sought to determine whether milder COVID-19 disease in older vulnerable individuals is also associated with cognitive and behavioral sequelae.

Methods

Neuropsychological, behavioral, and clinical outcomes before and after contracting COVID-19 disease, were compared in members of two ongoing longitudinal studies, the Arizona APOE Cohort and the national Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC).

Results

152 APOE and 852 ADRC cohort members, mean age overall roughly 70 years, responded to a survey that indicated 21 APOE and 57 ADRC members had contracted COVID-19 before their ensu

SUBMITTER: Caselli RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234095 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature