Cognitive Impairment Is a Common Comorbidity in Deceased COVID-19 Patients: A Hospital-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

We analyzed the frequency of cognitive impairment (CI) in deceased COVID-19 patients at a tertiary hospital in Spain. Among the 477 adult cases who died after admission from March 1 to March 31, 2020, 281 had confirmed COVID-19. CI (21.1% dementia and 8.9% mild cognitive impairment) was a common com...

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Published in:Journal of Alzheimer's disease 2020-01, Vol.78 (4), p.1367-1372
Main Authors: Martín-Jiménez, Paloma, Muñoz-García, Mariana I., Seoane, David, Roca-Rodríguez, Lucas, García-Reyne, Ana, Lalueza, Antonio, Maestro, Guillermo, Folgueira, Dolores, Blanco-Palmero, Víctor A., Herrero-San Martín, Alejandro, Llamas-Velasco, Sara, Pérez-Martínez, David A., González-Sánchez, Marta, Villarejo-Galende, Alberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer's disease
Cognitive ability
Cognitive Dysfunction - epidemiology
Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology
Cognitive Dysfunction - psychology
Cohort analysis
Comorbidity
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - mortality
COVID-19 - psychology
Dementia disorders
Female
Frequency analysis
Hospital Mortality
Hospitals
Humans
Impairment
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing homes
Palliative Care
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Spain - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:We analyzed the frequency of cognitive impairment (CI) in deceased COVID-19 patients at a tertiary hospital in Spain. Among the 477 adult cases who died after admission from March 1 to March 31, 2020, 281 had confirmed COVID-19. CI (21.1% dementia and 8.9% mild cognitive impairment) was a common comorbidity. Subjects with CI were older, tended to live in nursing homes, had shorter time from symptom onset to death, and were rarely admitted to the ICU, receiving palliative care more often. CI is a frequent comorbidity in deceased COVID-19 subjects and is associated with differences in care.
ISSN:1387-2877
1875-8908
DOI:10.3233/JAD-200937