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Neurocognitive Rehabilitation in COVID-19 Patients

Abstract and Introduction

Abstract

COVID-19 has affected many people all around the world for more than two years now have suffered many long-term consequences which is commonly referred to as long-haulers. Despite multiorgan complaints in long haulers, symptoms related to cognitive functions commonly referred as brain fog are seen in the high risk covid patients with age more than 50, women more than men, obesity, asthma and those who experienced more than five symptoms during the first week of covid illness. Long term isolation has certainly contributed to high level of anxiety and stress calling for an empathetic response to this group of covid patients as there is no specific test to detect long haulers and no specific cognitive rehabilitation techniques available as of today.

Introduction

Patients recovering from cerebrovascular accidents and brain injuries are common in the neurocognitive rehabilitation domain. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought a new patient population to the forefront, however, in people with neuropsychiatric sequelae following a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. In fact, 1 in 3 people who have had COVID-19 have a neurological or psychiatric condition diagnosed within 6 months of infection.[1] The viral infection often leads to different neurologic complications as part of what has been called long COVID or postacute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. One of the neurologic complications is cognitive impairment, with deficits ranging from mild to severe. This can be debilitating in terms of the physical and mental well-being of COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, cognitive deficits are some of the most persistent long-term symptoms that people experience after initial infection. Given the size of the global pandemic, the chronicity of the disease, and its many consequences, health and social systems will continue to feel substantial effects of the disease. This article focuses on neurocognitive rehabilitation in the COVID-19 patient population, which has become imperative to the success of their overall recovery. To continue to care for the neurologic complications of COVID-19 patients, it is important to use all primary and secondary care services, especially those that specialize in neurocognitive rehabilitation.[2]

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