Cognitive, emotional-affective, anxiety and autonomic disorders in patients with a new coronavirus infection (covid-19) in the acute period

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to identify neuropsychiatric functions in patients at Department No. 1 responsible for medical care of patients with a new coronavirus infection at the Samara City Hospital No. 7. Appropriate scales and questionnaires were used for this purpose. Cognitive impairments were found in 86% of the cases, emotional-affective impairments of varying severity in half of the subjects, an increase in reactive and personal anxiety was revealed, and vegetative disorders were observed in 78% of the subjects. Based on these data, it can be assumed that the new coronavirus infection affects the functioning of the nervous system of patients.

Imprint

Konstantin N. Melnikov, Viktor P. Kondratyev. Cognitive, emotional-affective, anxiety and autonomic disorders in patients with a new coronavirus infection (covid-19) in the acute period. Cardiometry; Issue 21; February 2022; p.60-65; DOI: 10.18137/cardiometry.2022.21.6065; Available from: https://www.cardiometry.net/issues/no21-february-2022/сognitive-emotional-affective-anxiety