Association between olfactory dysfunction and mood disturbances with objective and subjective cognitive deficits in long-COVID.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with olfactory dysfunction. The persistent symptoms of anosmia or hyposmia were associated in previous studies with the development of memory impairment and mood disturbances. We aimed to investigate the association between the chronicity of reported olfactory dysfunction and subjective and objective cognitive performance in long-COVID patients and to explore whether their emotional symptoms are related to their cognition.

Methods

One hundred twenty-eight long-COVID participants were recruited. Reported symptomatology, subjective memory complaints, anxiety and depression symptomatology, and trait-anxiety were assessed. Subjective memory complaints and mood disturbances were compared among grou

SUBMITTER: Llana T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932904 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature