Alzheimers Dementia: Screening 6000 articles, how does long-term cognitive function change after COVID-19?

As more and more people recover from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection

More recently, cases of encephalitis, sensory disturbances, coma, and severe neurological impairment were reported during the 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak, and in 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) CoV) outbreaks, vascular or inflammatory damage to the brain and central nervous system has been reported

Cognitive dysfunction has a large impact on function and quality of life

Lucia Crivelli et al.

Search in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines in Medline/Web of Science/Embase from January 1, 2020 to December 13, 2021

A meta-analysis of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) total score was performed, comparing recovered COVID-19 and healthy controls

Among 6202 articles, 27 studies were included, involving 2049 people (mean age = 56.

Impairments in executive function, attention and memory have been found in post-COVID-19 patients

The significance of the study lies in its findings: Compared with healthy controls, patients who recovered from COVID-19 had lower general cognitive performance within 7 months of infection