长期COVID中的认知和情绪健康:巴西的一项跨部门研究
Anderson Ribeiro-Carvalho1, Mariana Freitas Prado2, Gabriela Galvão Marcelo2
1Departamento de Ciências, Faculdade de Formação de Professores, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo, RJ, Brazil.
概括
长期COVID显著影响心理健康,巴西患者中观察到高水平的抑郁,焦虑和压力. 认知功能,特别是执行功能和记忆力,也受到损害,在感染后持续很长时间.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 长期COVID是一种COVID-19感染后持续症状的疾病,经常包括认知和情绪缺陷.
- 巴西面临着COVID-19的高负担,但对其长期心理健康后果的研究仍然有限.
- 这项研究解决了关于长期COVID对巴西人口心理健康影响的数据需求.
研究的目的:
- 在巴西患者中评估认知功能和情绪症状,这些患者在COVID-19后经历认知投诉.
- 评估长期COVID患者中抑郁症,焦虑和压力的患病率.
- 为了确定受长期COVID影响的特定认知领域.
主要方法:
- 在114名长期COVID患者中,使用认知查 (TRIACOG) 和抑郁,焦虑和压力21级 (DASS-21) 进行了认知和情绪评估.
- 参与者中78%是女性,平均年龄为50.4岁.
- 收集了急性期治疗 (在家或住院) 的数据.
主要成果:
- 发现精神健康问题的高患病率:66.7%显示抑郁症状,55.9%焦虑,65.7%压力.
- 执行功能和记忆是最明显受损的认知领域.
- 认知表现不受感染开始或住院状态以来的时间的影响.
结论:
- 长期的COVID与严重和持续的认知和情绪障碍有关.
- 对认知和情绪健康的常规评估对于从COVID-19中恢复过来的个人至关重要.
- 研究结果强调了对长期COVID的综合公共卫生策略和治疗干预措施的需要.
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