A Biopsychosocial Approach to Persistent Post-COVID-19 Fatigue and Cognitive Complaints: Results of the Prospective Multicenter NeNeSCo Study. Klinkhammer, S., Duits, A. A., Deckers, K., Horn, J., Slooter, A. J. C., Verwijk, E., van Heugten, C. M., Visser-Meily, J. M. A., & NeNe, S. S. G. Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2024. Klinkhammer, Simona Duits, Annelien A Deckers, Kay Horn, Janneke Slooter, Arjen J C Verwijk, Esmee van Heugten, Caroline M Visser-Meily, Johanna M A eng 2024/01/17 Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Jan 14:S0003-9993(24)00030-3. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.12.014.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether psychological and social factors complement biomedical factors in understanding post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognitive complaints. Additionally, to incorporate objective (neuro-cognitive) and subjective (patient-reported) variables in identifying factors related to post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognitive complaints. DESIGN: Prospective, multicenter cohort study. SETTING: Six Dutch hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: 205 initially hospitalized (March-June 2020), confirmed patients with SARS-CoV-2, aged >/=18 years, physically able to visit the hospital, without prior cognitive deficit, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contraindication, or severe neurologic damage post-hospital discharge (N=205). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Nine months post-hospital discharge, a 3T MRI scan and cognitive testing were performed and patients completed questionnaires. Medical data were retrieved from medical dossiers. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed on fatigue severity (Fatigue Severity Scale; FSS) and cognitive complaints (Cognitive Consequences after Intensive Care Admission; CLC-IC; dichotomized into CLC-high/low). Variable blocks: (1) Demographic and premorbid factors (sex, age, education, comorbidities), (2) Illness severity (ICU/general ward, PROMIS physical functioning [PROMIS-PF]), (3) Neuro-cognitive factors (self-reported neurological symptoms, MRI abnormalities, cognitive performance), (4) Psychological and social factors (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS], Utrecht Coping List, Social Support List), and (5) Fatigue or cognitive complaints. RESULTS: The final models explained 60% (FSS) and 48% (CLC-IC) variance, with most blocks (except neuro-cognitive factors for FSS) significantly contributing. Psychological and social factors accounted for 5% (FSS) and 11% (CLC-IC) unique variance. Higher FSS scores were associated with younger age (P=.01), lower PROMIS-PF (P<.001), higher HADS-Depression (P=.03), and CLC-high (P=.04). Greater odds of CLC-high were observed in individuals perceiving more social support (OR=1.07, P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: Results show that psychological and social factors add to biomedical factors in explaining persistent post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognitive complaints. Objective neuro-cognitive factors were not associated with symptoms. Findings highlight the importance of multidomain treatment, including psychosocial care, which may not target biologically-rooted symptoms directly but may reduce associated distress.
@article{RN353,
   author = {Klinkhammer, S. and Duits, A. A. and Deckers, K. and Horn, J. and Slooter, A. J. C. and Verwijk, E. and van Heugten, C. M. and Visser-Meily, J. M. A. and NeNe, SCo Study Group},
   title = {A Biopsychosocial Approach to Persistent Post-COVID-19 Fatigue and Cognitive Complaints: Results of the Prospective Multicenter NeNeSCo Study},
   journal = {Arch Phys Med Rehabil},
   note = {Klinkhammer, Simona
Duits, Annelien A
Deckers, Kay
Horn, Janneke
Slooter, Arjen J C
Verwijk, Esmee
van Heugten, Caroline M
Visser-Meily, Johanna M A
eng
2024/01/17
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Jan 14:S0003-9993(24)00030-3. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.12.014.},
   abstract = {OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether psychological and social factors complement biomedical factors in understanding post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognitive complaints. Additionally, to incorporate objective (neuro-cognitive) and subjective (patient-reported) variables in identifying factors related to post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognitive complaints. DESIGN: Prospective, multicenter cohort study. SETTING: Six Dutch hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: 205 initially hospitalized (March-June 2020), confirmed patients with SARS-CoV-2, aged >/=18 years, physically able to visit the hospital, without prior cognitive deficit, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contraindication, or severe neurologic damage post-hospital discharge (N=205). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Nine months post-hospital discharge, a 3T MRI scan and cognitive testing were performed and patients completed questionnaires. Medical data were retrieved from medical dossiers. Hierarchical regression analyses were performed on fatigue severity (Fatigue Severity Scale; FSS) and cognitive complaints (Cognitive Consequences after Intensive Care Admission; CLC-IC; dichotomized into CLC-high/low). Variable blocks: (1) Demographic and premorbid factors (sex, age, education, comorbidities), (2) Illness severity (ICU/general ward, PROMIS physical functioning [PROMIS-PF]), (3) Neuro-cognitive factors (self-reported neurological symptoms, MRI abnormalities, cognitive performance), (4) Psychological and social factors (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS], Utrecht Coping List, Social Support List), and (5) Fatigue or cognitive complaints. RESULTS: The final models explained 60% (FSS) and 48% (CLC-IC) variance, with most blocks (except neuro-cognitive factors for FSS) significantly contributing. Psychological and social factors accounted for 5% (FSS) and 11% (CLC-IC) unique variance. Higher FSS scores were associated with younger age (P=.01), lower PROMIS-PF (P<.001), higher HADS-Depression (P=.03), and CLC-high (P=.04). Greater odds of CLC-high were observed in individuals perceiving more social support (OR=1.07, P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: Results show that psychological and social factors add to biomedical factors in explaining persistent post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognitive complaints. Objective neuro-cognitive factors were not associated with symptoms. Findings highlight the importance of multidomain treatment, including psychosocial care, which may not target biologically-rooted symptoms directly but may reduce associated distress.},
   keywords = {Cognitive complaints
Fatigue
Infection
Long COVID
Post-COVID
Rehabilitation
SARS-CoV-2},
   ISSN = {1532-821X (Electronic)
0003-9993 (Linking)},
   DOI = {10.1016/j.apmr.2023.12.014},
   url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38228250},
   year = {2024},
   type = {Journal Article}
}

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