Predictors of Post-COVID Clinical and Cognitive Consequences

从急性新冠肺炎感染中康复的患者通常患有大量令人衰弱的慢性身体疾病 可持续6个月或更长时间的症状。疲劳、认知障碍和呼吸障碍的发生率 据报道，在新冠状病毒感染后时期，症状非常严重。认知的潜在病理生理学 这些患者的功能受损情况尚不清楚。值得注意的是，在冠状病毒感染后，睡眠障碍是很常见的 睡眠呼吸暂停与严重COVID感染的风险增加有关。因此，它是 可以想象，睡眠片断本身可能会增加患慢性认知缺陷的风险 退伍军人在COVID之后。我们提议的试点项目将确定冠状病毒感染后睡眠是否存在联系 障碍、睡眠呼吸暂停和认知功能。我们从考试中学到的知识可能会指导我们 开发新的管理途径，即缓解睡眠障碍可能会带来一种治疗方法 缓解慢性冠状病毒感染后认知障碍的策略。 AIM1将研究睡眠时间和睡眠质量对COVID后神经认知功能的影响 退伍军人。目标2将研究OSA的严重程度是否决定了退伍军人的神经认知功能 新冠肺炎后。这是一项观察性研究，我们将收集关于 COVID对神经认知功能和睡眠的长期影响。我们的长期目标是加强 可能出现冠状病毒感染后后果的退伍军人的康复和功能恢复 由于睡眠障碍，最终目标是改善老年人的整体健康和生活质量 新冠肺炎感染后正在康复的退伍军人。

Patients recovering from acute COVID-19 infection often suffer from a multitude of debilitating chronic physical symptoms that can last up to 6 months or more. The incidence of fatigue, cognitive impairment and respiratory symptoms are reported to be very high in the post-COVID period. The underlying pathophysiology of cognitive impairment is unclear in these patients. Notably, sleep disturbances are common during this post-COVID period, and sleep apnea has been associated with an increased risk for severe COVID infection. Thus, it is conceivable that sleep fragmentation, per se, may confer an increased risk for chronic cognitive deficits in Veterans post-COVID. Our proposed pilot project will determine if there is a link between post-COVID sleep disturbances, sleep apnea and cognitive function. Knowledge gained from our examinations may guide development of novel management pathways, i.e., mitigation of sleep disturbances may present a therapeutic strategy for alleviating chronic post-COVID cognitive impairment. Aim1 will investigate the effect of sleep duration and sleep quality on neurocognitive function in post-COVID Veterans. Aim 2 will study whether the severity of OSA determines neurocognitive function Veterans who are post-COVID. This is an observational study where we will gather retrospective as well as prospective data on the long-term effects of COVID on neurocognitive function and sleep. Our long-term goal is to enhance rehabilitation and recovery of function of Veterans suffering from post-COVID consequences that may arise due to sleep disturbances, with the ultimate objective of improving the overall health and quality of life of Veterans recovering from COVID-19 infection.