临床表现 临床表现
Fabiana Carla Matos da Cunha Cintra1, Marco Túlio Cintra1, Gerson Santos Azevedo1
1Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 26, 2025
概括
长期的COVID可能会导致老年人的认知障碍和功能障碍. 这项研究发现,老年人COVID-19感染后的认知和功能问题之间存在显著的相关性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 神经学 神经学
背景情况:
- COVID-19与长期认知障碍 (CI) 和功能障碍 (FI) 有关.
- 老年人特别容易受到这些COVID-19后影响.
- 了解CI和FI之间的关系对于管理长期健康结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19诊断后老年人认知障碍和功能障碍之间的相关性.
- 确定老年人在COVID-19后经历的特定认知和功能缺陷.
主要方法:
- 一个横截面的研究嵌入在一个潜在的老年人和他们的护理人员在COVID-19诊断后的队列中.
- 用痴呆症评分表的Z分数来评估认知.
- 通过功能独立性测量 (FIM) 和其子项测量的功能性.
主要成果:
- 80名老年参与者 (平均年龄73.91岁) 平均在感染后10个月被评估.
- 54.43%的人经历了认知障碍,92%的人显示认知障碍与功能障碍之间的相关性 (p=0.008).
- 认知障碍和整体FIM分数以及记忆,社交互动和转移等特定项目之间观察到较弱的相关性.
结论:
- 在COVID-19后的老年人中,认知障碍和功能障碍之间存在显著的关系.
- 研究结果强调了针对这一群体制定有针对性的预防和康复策略的必要性.
- 更好的理解可以提高老年人和他们的护理人员的健康和护理.
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