Memory complaints after COVID‐19: a potential indicator of primary cognitive impairment or a correlate of psychiatric symptoms?
Yiling Dong, Ana Paula Ritto, Rodolfo Furlan Damiano, Amanda Goulart Coli, Rodrigo Hadade, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Rocca, Antonio de Pádua Serafim, Bruno Fukelmann Guedes, Ricardo Nitrini, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Geraldo Busatto Filho, HCFMUSP COVID‐19 Study Group · 2025
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Yiling Dong and co-authors study memory complaints after COVID-19 in a 2025 paper. Many survivors say their memory feels worse months after the illness. The team asks whether those complaints reflect real thinking damage or track more closely with anxiety and low mood. The answer matters for how clinics sort and treat these patients.
Doctors checked 608 survivors in person, six to eleven months after their hospital stay. About a third reported strong memory complaints on a standard scale. Every patient took thinking tests and mood surveys covering anxiety, sadness, and stress after trauma. The team compared the two groups to see which measures lined up with the complaints. The work helps separate brain effects from mood effects after severe infection.
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| CREATOR | Yiling Dong, Ana Paula Ritto, Rodolfo Furlan Damiano, Amanda Goulart Coli, Rodrigo Hadade, Cristiana Castanho de Almeida Rocca, Antonio de Pádua Serafim, Bruno Fukelmann Guedes, Ricardo Nitrini, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Geraldo Busatto Filho, HCFMUSP COVID‐19 Study Group |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |