长期COVID的儿科患者的神经心理功能
Jessica C Luedke1,2, Gray Vargas2, Dasal Tenzin Jashar2
1University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
The Clinical neuropsychologist
|April 25, 2024
概括
儿科长期COVID患者经常表现出注意力缺陷和情绪问题,无论先前的情况如何. 监测注意力和情绪调节是恢复的关键.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 儿科心理学 儿科心理学
- 传染病研究 传染病研究
背景情况:
- 长期COVID (COVID-19后的情况) 影响儿童和青少年.
- 在儿科长期COVID中,人们越来越认识到认知和情绪的后果.
- 神经认知评估对于理解和应对这些挑战至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定经历长期COVID和认知投诉的年轻人的神经认知概况.
- 为了确定这个人群中受影响的特定认知领域.
- 为了将客观测试结果与父母报告的症状相关联.
主要方法:
- 一个案例系列设计,涉及54名长期COVID的儿科患者 (5-19岁).
- 进行神经心理测试以评估认知功能.
- 父母-告知者问卷评估了情绪,注意力和执行功能.
主要成果:
- 大约29%的儿童在持续的注意力方面表现出缺陷,35%的儿童在分散的注意力方面表现出缺陷.
- 这些注意力困难存在,不管先前存在的注意力或情绪问题.
- 父母报告了临床上显著的抑郁 (95%),焦虑 (85%) 和注意力不集中 (66%) 的高率.
结论:
- 一组长期COVID儿童的子组表现出客观注意力障碍.
- 父母报告强调了影响日常生活的显著情绪和执行功能挑战.
- 建议对儿童长期COVID的功能恢复进行密切监测和干预,以注意和情绪调节.
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