Long-COVID-19 and Cognition: Persistent attention deficits after hospital discharge

Aureo do Carmo Filho; Max Kopti Fakoury; Guilherme Janeiro Schmidt; Ana Lucia Taboada Gjorup; André Casarsa Marques; Júlio Cesar Tolentino Junior; Juliana Janeiro Schmidt; Andreza Maia; Eelco van Duinkerken; Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski; Kenneth Blum; Sergio Luis Schmidt

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.06.009

Long-COVID-19 and Cognition: Persistent attention deficits after hospital discharge

J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Sep:189:277-279. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.06.009. Epub 2025 Jun 11.

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Internal Medicine - Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁵ LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Division of Personalized Pain Therapy Research & Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Arizona, USA.
⁶ LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Division of Personalized Pain Therapy Research & Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Arizona, USA; Division of Nutrigenomics, SpliceGen, Therapeutics, Inc., Austin, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, USA; Division of Addiction Research & Education, Center for Sports, Exercise & Mental Health, Western University Health Sciences, Pomona, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Adelson School of Medicine, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.
⁷ LAN - Laboratory of Neurobehavior Unit / Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Neurology - Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: slschmidt@terra.com.br.

PMID: 40540816
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.06.009

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Keywords: Attention deficits; COVID-19; Cognition; Computerized attention Visual test; Long-COVID; Neuropsychology.

Publication types

Letter