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Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome

Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is a medical condition characterized by the persistence of a wide range of symptoms after acute infection by SARS-CoV-2. The work capacity consequences of this disorder have scarcely been studied. We aimed to analyze the factors associated with occupational status in patien...

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Autores principales: Delgado-Alonso, Cristina, Cuevas, Constanza, Oliver-Mas, Silvia, Díez-Cirarda, María, Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso, Gil-Moreno, María José, Matías-Guiu, Jorge, Matias-Guiu, Jordi A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293950
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013368
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author Delgado-Alonso, Cristina
Cuevas, Constanza
Oliver-Mas, Silvia
Díez-Cirarda, María
Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso
Gil-Moreno, María José
Matías-Guiu, Jorge
Matias-Guiu, Jordi A.
author_facet Delgado-Alonso, Cristina
Cuevas, Constanza
Oliver-Mas, Silvia
Díez-Cirarda, María
Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso
Gil-Moreno, María José
Matías-Guiu, Jorge
Matias-Guiu, Jordi A.
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description Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is a medical condition characterized by the persistence of a wide range of symptoms after acute infection by SARS-CoV-2. The work capacity consequences of this disorder have scarcely been studied. We aimed to analyze the factors associated with occupational status in patients with PCS. This cross-sectional study involved 77 patients with PCS on active work before SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients were evaluated 20.71 ± 6.50 months after clinical onset. We conducted a survey on occupational activity and cognitive and clinical symptoms. The association between occupational activity and fatigue, depression, anxiety, sleep quality, and cognitive testing was analyzed. Thirty-eight (49.4%) patients were working, and thirty-nine (50.6%) patients were not. Of those not working at the moment of the assessment, 36 (92.3%) patients were on sick leave. In 63 patients (81.8% of the sample), sick leave was needed at some point due to PCS. The mean duration of sick leave was 12.07 ± 8.07 months. According to the patient’s perspective, the most disabling symptoms were cognitive complaints (46.8%) and fatigue (31.2%). Not working at the moment of the assessment was associated with higher levels of fatigue and lower cognitive performance in the Stroop test. No association was found between occupational status with depression and anxiety questionnaires. Our study found an influence of PCS on work capacity. Fatigue and cognitive issues were the most frequent symptoms associated with loss of work capacity.
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spelling pubmed-96036172022-10-27 Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome Delgado-Alonso, Cristina Cuevas, Constanza Oliver-Mas, Silvia Díez-Cirarda, María Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso Gil-Moreno, María José Matías-Guiu, Jorge Matias-Guiu, Jordi A. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is a medical condition characterized by the persistence of a wide range of symptoms after acute infection by SARS-CoV-2. The work capacity consequences of this disorder have scarcely been studied. We aimed to analyze the factors associated with occupational status in patients with PCS. This cross-sectional study involved 77 patients with PCS on active work before SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients were evaluated 20.71 ± 6.50 months after clinical onset. We conducted a survey on occupational activity and cognitive and clinical symptoms. The association between occupational activity and fatigue, depression, anxiety, sleep quality, and cognitive testing was analyzed. Thirty-eight (49.4%) patients were working, and thirty-nine (50.6%) patients were not. Of those not working at the moment of the assessment, 36 (92.3%) patients were on sick leave. In 63 patients (81.8% of the sample), sick leave was needed at some point due to PCS. The mean duration of sick leave was 12.07 ± 8.07 months. According to the patient’s perspective, the most disabling symptoms were cognitive complaints (46.8%) and fatigue (31.2%). Not working at the moment of the assessment was associated with higher levels of fatigue and lower cognitive performance in the Stroop test. No association was found between occupational status with depression and anxiety questionnaires. Our study found an influence of PCS on work capacity. Fatigue and cognitive issues were the most frequent symptoms associated with loss of work capacity. MDPI 2022-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9603617/ /pubmed/36293950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013368 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cuevas, Constanza
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Díez-Cirarda, María
Delgado-Álvarez, Alfonso
Gil-Moreno, María José
Matías-Guiu, Jorge
Matias-Guiu, Jordi A.
Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome
title Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome
title_full Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome
title_fullStr Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome
title_short Fatigue and Cognitive Dysfunction Are Associated with Occupational Status in Post-COVID Syndrome
title_sort fatigue and cognitive dysfunction are associated with occupational status in post-covid syndrome
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9603617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36293950
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013368
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