One-Year Trajectory of Cognitive Changes in Older Survivors of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Determining the long-term impact of COVID-19 on cognition is important to inform immediate steps in COVID-19 research and health policy.

Objective

To investigate the 1-year trajectory of cognitive changes in older COVID-19 survivors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study recruited 3233 COVID-19 survivors 60 years and older who were discharged from 3 COVID-19-designated hospitals in Wuhan, China, from February 10 to April 10, 2020. Their uninfected spouses (N = 466) were recruited as a control population. Participants with preinfection cognitive impairment, a concomitant neurological disorder, or a family history of dementia were excluded, as well as those with severe cardiac, hepatic, or kidney disease or any kind of tumor. Follow-up monitorin

SUBMITTER: Liu YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8905512 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature