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@ARTICLE{Hartung:165278,
author = {Hartung, Tim J and Neumann, Christian and Bahmer, Thomas
and Chaplinskaya-Sobol, Irina and Endres, Matthias and
Geritz, Johanna and Haeusler, Karl Georg and Heuschmann,
Peter U and Hildesheim, Hanna and Hinz, Andreas and Hopff,
Sina and Horn, Anna and Krawczak, Michael and Krist, Lilian
and Kudelka, Jennifer and Lieb, Wolfgang and Maetzler,
Corina and Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Anja and Montellano, Felipe A
and Morbach, Caroline and Schmidt, Sein and Schreiber,
Stefan and Steigerwald, Flo and Störk, Stefan and Maetzler,
Walter and Finke, Carsten},
title = {{F}atigue and cognitive impairment after {COVID}-19: {A}
prospective multicentre study.},
journal = {EClinicalMedicine},
volume = {53},
issn = {2589-5370},
address = {Amsterdam},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DZNE-2022-01571},
pages = {101651},
year = {2022},
note = {CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
abstract = {Reliable estimates of frequency, severity and associated
factors of both fatigue and cognitive impairment after
COVID-19 are needed. Also, it is not clear whether the two
are distinct sequelae of COVID-19 or part of the same
syndrome.'In this prospective multicentre study, frequency
of post-COVID fatigue and cognitive impairment were assessed
in n = 969 patients (535 $[55\%]$ female) ≥6 months after
SARS-CoV-2 infection with the FACIT-Fatigue scale (cut-off
≤30) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (≤25 mild, ≤17
moderate impairment) between November 15, 2020 and September
29, 2021 at University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein,
Campus Kiel and University Hospital Würzburg in Germany.
969 matched non-COVID controls were drawn from a
pre-pandemic, randomised, Germany-wide population survey
which also included the FACIT-Fatigue scale. Associated
sociodemographic, comorbid, clinical, psychosocial factors
and laboratory markers were identified with univariate and
multivariable linear regression models.On average 9 months
after infection, $19\%$ of patients had clinically relevant
fatigue, compared to $8\%$ of matched non-COVID controls (p
< 0.001). Factors associated with fatigue were female
gender, younger age, history of depression and the number of
acute COVID symptoms. Among acute COVID symptoms, altered
consciousness, dizziness and myalgia were most strongly
associated with long-term fatigue. Moreover, $26\%$ of
patients had mild and $1\%$ had moderate cognitive
impairment. Factors associated with cognitive impairment
were older age, male gender, shorter education and a history
of neuropsychiatric disease. There was no significant
correlation between fatigue and cognitive impairment and
only $5\%$ of patients suffered from both conditions.Fatigue
and cognitive impairment are two common, but distinct
sequelae of COVID-19 with potentially separate
pathophysiological pathways.German Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF).},
keywords = {CI, confidence interval (Other) / COVID-19 (Other) /
COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Other) / CRP, C-reactive
protein (Other) / CSF, cerebrospinal fluid (Other) /
Cognitive dysfunction (Other) / Fatigue (Other) / GAD-7,
7-item anxiety screening questionnaire (Other) / MoCA,
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Other) / NAPKON, National
Pandemic Cohort Network (Other) / PCR, polymerase chain
reaction (Other) / PHQ-8, 8-item depression module of the
Patient Health Questionnaire (Other) / PSQI, Pittsburgh
Sleep Quality Index (Other) / Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
(Other) / SARS-CoV-2 (Other) / SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute
Respiratory Distress Syndrome caused by Corona Virus 2
(Other) / VIF, variance inflation factor (Other)},
cin = {AG Endres},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1811005},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:36133318},
pmc = {pmc:PMC9482331},
doi = {10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101651},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/165278},
}