Costanza Peinkhofer, Pardis Zarifkar, Rune Haubo B Christensen, Vardan Nersesjan, Lise Fonsmark, Charlotte Merie, Anne-Mette Lebech, Terese Lea Katzenstein, Lia Evi Bang, Jesper Kjærgaard, Pradeesh Sivapalan, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Michael Eriksen Benros, Daniel Kondziella
IMPORTANCE: Brain health is most likely compromised after hospitalization for COVID-19; however, long-term prospective investigations with matched control cohorts and face-to-face assessments are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether long-term cognitive, psychiatric, or neurological complications among patients hospitalized for COVID-19 differ from those among patients hospitalized for other medical conditions of similar severity and from healthy controls. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This prospective cohort study with matched controls was conducted at 2 academic hospitals in Copenhagen, Denmark...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Network Open