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- Title
The determinants of COVID-induced brain dysfunctions after SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients.
- Authors
Yasir, Shahwar; Jin, Yu; Razzaq, Fuleah A.; Caballero-Moreno, Antonio; Galán-García, Lidice; Ren, Peng; Valdes-Sosa, Mitchell; Rodriguez-Labrada, Roberto; Bringas-Vega, Maria L.; Valdes-Sosa, Pedro A.
- Abstract
The severity of the pandemic and its consequences on health and social care systems were quite diverse and devastating. COVID-19 was associated with an increased risk of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders after SARSCoV- 2 infection. We did a cross-sectional study of 3 months post-COVID consequences of 178 Cuban subjects. Our study has a unique CUBAN COVID-19 cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and healthy subjects. We constructed a latent variable for pre-health conditions (PHC) through Item Response Theory (IRT) and for post-COVID neuropsychiatric symptoms (Post-COVID-NPS) through Factor Analysis (FA). There seems to be a potential causal relationship between determinants of CIBD and post-COVID-NPS in hospitalized COVID- 19 patients. The causal relationships accessed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) revealed that PHC (p < 0.001) and pre-COVID cognitive impairments (p < 0.001) affect the severity of COVID-19 patients. The severity of COVID- 19 eventually results in enhanced post-COVID-NPS (p < 0.001), even after adjusting for confounders (age, sex, and pre-COVID-NPS). The highest loadings in PHC were for cardiovascular diseases, immunological disorders, high blood pressure, and diabetes. On the other hand, sex (p < 0.001) and pre-COVID-NPS including neuroticism (p < 0.001), psychosis (p = 0.005), cognition (p = 0.036), and addiction (p < 0.001) were significantly associated with post-COVIDNPS. The most common neuropsychiatric symptom with the highest loadings includes pain, fatigue syndrome, autonomic dysfunctionalities, cardiovascular disorders, and neurological symptoms. Compared to healthy people, COVID- 19 patients with pre-health comorbidities or pre-neuropsychiatric conditions will have a high risk of getting severe COVID-19 and long-term post-COVID neuropsychiatric consequences. Our study provides substantial evidence to highlight the need for a complete neuropsychiatric follow-up on COVID- 19 patients (with severe illness) and survivors (asymptomatic patients who recovered).
- Subjects
POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome; HOSPITAL patients; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; NEUROLOGICAL disorders
- Publication
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1662-4548
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnins.2023.1249282