Long-term (6 months) neurological and psychiatric consequences in mild COVID community patients Consecuencias Neurológicas y Psiquiátricas a largo plazo (6 meses) en pacientes con COVID leve de la comunidad.
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Abstract
Long-term neurological complications of coronavirus infection have been described in the acute episode in hospitalized patients. 63% had fatigue and muscle weakness, 26% sleep disorders; 24% gait disorders and 23% anxiety and depression. The greater the severity of the acute episode, the greater the probability of long-term neurological symptoms. The objective of this work was to study the prevalence at 6 months in a cohort of mostly mild outpatients. 96 subjects with a mean age of 48 years, 54% women, and 86% mild outpatients were evaluated by means of a telephone interview. Of these, at 6 months, 32% of the population presented neurological or psychiatric symptoms. Anxiety (31%), Fatigue (26%), Mental fog (24%), Insomnia (22%), Depression (21%), Headache (19%) among others. Conclusions: In this work with subjects who suffered from mild COVID, neurological and psychiatric symptoms were still prominent as reported in acute severs ones.
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