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SynthesisEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2025

Cognitive functions in COVID-19 survivors, approaches strategies, and impact on health systems: a qualitative systematic review.

Claudia Espinoza, Diana Martella

Abstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Definitions and symptoms of the post-COVID syndrome: an updated systematic umbrella review.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Profiles of Individuals With Long COVID Reporting Persistent Cognitive Complaints.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2025
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  4. Observational
  5. Neurocognitive challenges Post-COVID: current perspectives and future solutions.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
    Article
  6. Observational
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Claudia EspinozaEscuela de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Y Comunicación, Universidad Santo Tomas, Valdivia, Chile. claudiaespinozamunoz@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4337-3980
Diana MartellaDepartamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Y Humanas, Universidad Loyola de Andalucía España, Dos Hermanas, Spain.
Universidad Loyola Andalucía · ESUniversidad Santo Tomás · CL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-COVID syndrome has been defined as signs and symptoms that develop after an infection consistent with COVID-19 and continue for more than 12 weeks, including neurocognitive signs and symptoms that have an impact on the functioning and quality of life of middle-aged adult and older survivors. This systematic review describes the current knowledge of long-term cognitive impairments in COVID-19 survivors, approaches strategies, and their impact on public and private health services worldwide. The systematic review was conducted under the criteria and flowchart established in the PRISMA statement, considering studies from the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases between 2020 and 2023. The included studies considered participants over 40 years of age, COVID-19 survivors. A total of 68 articles were included, most of which had high to excellent quality. The analysis showed the presence of heterogeneous cognitive symptoms in COVID survivors, persistent for at least 12 weeks from the onset of infection, mostly unsystematized and nonspecific approaches strategies, and a lack of methods for monitoring their effectiveness, with a significant economic and logistical impact on health systems. Specific protocols are required for the rehabilitation of persistent cognitive dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors, as well as longitudinal studies to evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions.

Indexed as

Cognitive DysfunctionCOVID-19SurvivorsHumansCognitive dysfunctionNeurorehabilitationPost-COVID síndrome

Identifiers

PMID37648954
OpenAlexW4386274543

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