Prevalence and Predictors of Prolonged Cognitive and Psychological Symptoms Following COVID-19 in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Little is known regarding the prevalence and predictors of prolonged cognitive and psychological symptoms of COVID-19 among community-dwellers. We aimed to quantitatively measure self-reported metrics of fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, depression, and sleep and identify factors associated with these metrics among United States residents with or without COVID-19.

Methods

We solicited 1000 adult United States residents for an online survey conducted February 3-5, 2021 utilizing a commercial crowdsourcing community research platform. The platform curates eligible participants to approximate United States demographics by age, sex, and race proportions. COVID-19 was diagnosed by laboratory testing and/or by exposure to a known positive contact with

SUBMITTER: Frontera JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326803 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature