Cognitive, psychological and physical functioning in post COVID-19 patients with different levels of fatigue: a descriptive abstract

Abstract

Background: Recent studies have shown that a growing number of mild COVID-19 cases experience prolonged symptoms, reporting a range of disabling symptoms such as fatigue, shortness of breath, cognitive impairment, memory loss, and mental health and employment issues up to months following the infection. This has recently been accounted for by the World Health Organization, which has defined post COVID-19 as a condition that usually occurs three months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis. A data-driven identification of subgroups of post COVID-19 could help in referring this clinically heterogeneous group of patients to the appropriate care. However, most of the evidence has been obtained through self-reported and retrospective surveys, lacking in-person monitoring and assessment of cognitive, physical, and …