Long Covid affects how people think

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A recent survey of US residents reveals that cognitive symptoms are a common struggle for people suffering from Long Covid. These symptoms include having trouble concentrating, issues with remembering (such as forgetting to take medicine or buy something necessary), and finding it difficult to start tasks. Long Covid sufferers who had these cognitive symptoms reported higher levels of depression, and had a lower likelihood of being employed full time.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: Weill Cornell Medicine, USA

Funder: Funding/Support: The survey was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (Drs Ognyanova, Druckman, Baum, and Lazer) and the National Institute of Health (Drs Lazer and Perlis). Disclaimer: Dr Gunning and Dr Perlis are Associate Editors ofJAMA Network Open but were not involved in any of the decisions regarding review of the manuscript or its acceptance.

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