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On verbal working memory. Descriptive study in post-intensive care syndrome patients after COVID-19 infection in a functional rehabilitation unit in Spain. A pilot study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

M.J. Maldonado-Belmonte ,
E. Fernández-Jiménez  and
M.T. Sánchez-Polo
M.J. Maldonado-Belmonte*
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, Madrid, Spain
E. Fernández-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Idipaz, Department Of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology And Mental Health, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
M.T. Sánchez-Polo
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation, Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, Madrid, Spain
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) is a physical, cognitive, emotional and functional condition resulting from prolonged stays in ICU (Intensive Care Unit). In pathologies with clinical characteristics similar to SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, most patients showed cognitive deficits after discharge from ICU. Further studies are needed on verbal working memory among PICS patients.

Objectives

To analyse the verbal working-memory performance among patients with PICS after COVID-19 infection in a Functional Rehabilitation Unit in Madrid (Spain) using the Spanish version of the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP-S).

Methods

This study was conducted in the Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja, in Madrid (Spain). A sample of 17 PICS adult patients was included, with age ranging from 56 to 74 years old (mean = 68.35 years; 13 males). Patients were assessed around three weeks after referral from their reference hospital. The Working Memory Test (WMT) of the SCIP-S was used as outcome. Descriptive analyses were conducted (mean and standard deviation) on standardized scores (z) based on age-adjusted general population norms. Significant impairment was set at z < -1.5.

Results

Mean z-score on WMT was -.64 (S.D. = .60) from the total sample, with 5.9% of cases with significant impairment (mean = -1.53).

Conclusions

These preliminary results show low probable presence of impairment on verbal working memory among PICS patients after COVID-19 infection. Longitudinal studies, with larger samples, are needed where the premorbid cognitive level is considered.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Verbal working memoryCOVID-19Post-Intensive Care SyndromeClinical Neuropsychology
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S664 - S665
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