Post-COVID syndrome? COVID-19 survivors suffer from cognitive difficulties, somatic complaints and anxiety

Authors : Uğur ERAY, Başar AYRIBAŞ, Ömer Furkan ÇAĞLAR, Turgut HACIOĞLU, Fatih ALİBEYOĞLU

Pages : 1328-1333

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.1108001

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Publication Date : 2022-09-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: Although primarily known as a respiratory system pathology, COVID-19 may cause various systems and cause serious complications including neuropsychiatric problems. These complications may be formulized as post-COVID syndrome. The current study aims to investigate prolonged cognitive, somatic and psychiatric effects of COVID-19. Material and Method: A total number of 120 COVID-19 survivors were compared with 120 health controls in means of three measures, which are Cognitive Failures Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CFQ);, Body Sensations Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BSQ);, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HADS); to assess cognitive difficulties, body perceptions and anxiety/depression. Results: Our findings show that COVID-19 survivors have reported significantly more cognitive difficulties, increased body sensations and higher levels of anxiety. The groups did not differ in means of depression scores. Further, the measures were significantly correlated with each other. Conclusion: This study reveal that COVID-19 survivors suffer from significant cognitive deficits in everyday activities, are significantly more sensitive to various body sensations and have increased anxiety levels. In discordance with the current literature, our findings showed that COVID-19 patients are not more depressed than healthy subjects. In summary, the current study showed that various neuropsychiatric complications may be an important part of prolonged effects of COVID-19.
Keywords : COVID 19, Neuropsychiatry, Post COVID Syndrome, Cognitive Deficits

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