ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Objective and subjective cognition in survivors of COVID-19 one year after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) discharge: the role of demographic, clinical, and emotional factors
Authors' conclusion
One-third of COVID-19 survivors suffered objective cognitive impairment with a frontal-subcortical dysfunction 12 months after ICU discharge.
Study context
- Population
- Critically ill COVID-19 survivors from two medical ICUs, assessed 1 year after dischargeincluded in the final analysis
- Participants
- 80 survivors
- Outcome
- Objective cognitive impairment (comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation)
- Follow-up
- 12 months after ICU discharge
Methodological detailstwo medical ICUs, retrospective collection of ICU admission data
- Two medical ICUs
- Retrospective collection of ICU admission data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Objective cognitive impairment
Objective cognitive impairment
30%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Cognitive complaints and emotional symptoms
- Cognitive complaints
- Almost one in three
- Anxiety
- 22.5%
- Depression
- 26.3%
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms
- 27.5%
Perceived cognitive deficit, with vs without objective cognitive impairment
- No significant differences
Factors associated with cognitive deficits
- Gender and PTSD symptoms significantly associated with perceived cognitive deficit
- Cognitive reserve significantly associated with objective cognitive impairment
Original publication
Objective and subjective cognition in survivors of COVID-19 one year after ICU discharge: the role of demographic, clinical, and emotional factors. Crit Care. Published 15 May 2023. doi:10.
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