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Researchers at the University of São Paulo have found that cognitive impairments such as memory loss and attention deficits persist in both severe and mild COVID-19 cases long after initial infection, impacting daily functioning. Their study, involving 302 volunteers, reveals a significant need for cognitive rehabilitation strategies to address these long-term effects, as even patients with mild symptoms showed considerable cognitive challenges. Credit: SciTechDaily.
“Although the damage done by the disease in terms of memory loss, attention deficit, and slow processing increases in proportion to its severity, the same problems affect a far from a negligible number of people – around 100 in our study – who had mild or moderate COVID,” said Antônio de Pádua Serafim, first author of the article and a professor at the Institute of Psychology .
Memory and attention are important cognitive functions that affect people’s day-to-day lives. Reflecting this, participants in the study with poor memory and attention test scores reported difficulties with recalling words or performing routine activities, such as forgetting pots on the stove or failing to pick children up from school.
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