Pronounced cognitive slowing in individuals with Long Covid as compared with matched controls using objective testing in a new multicenter report www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl... - ThreadSky

erictopol.bsky.social • 399 days ago

Pronounced cognitive slowing in individuals with Long Covid as compared with matched controls using objective testing in a new multicenter report
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00013-0/fulltext

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alice-chachacha.bsky.social•399 days ago

I for sure felt diminished for a couple of years after I got the virus.

judithmorris.bsky.social•397 days ago

Thank you for posting this. I can take in the headlines, but not really process it - I am a former high-flying lawyer who had to stop working because my brain won't work properly.

jomacd.bsky.social•399 days ago

Don’t know if anyone’s bothered to test, but the same is true for autoimmune connective tissue disease. Each month as my DMARD wears off my thoughts slow down and transient aphasia ramps up.

jeannetteg.bsky.to•399 days ago

PCC spectrum is wide - curious how this impairment correlates to severity of symtoms? (Asking for a "friend" with moderate loss of smell/taste 18 mos post-infection)🙄

erictopol.bsky.social•399 days ago

A simple graph tells the story, PCC= Long Covid

gwenckatz.bsky.social•399 days ago

I particularly like how even if you recover and doctors say "You're fine," you're still 5x as likely to have severe problems.

franz.ink•399 days ago

I've had COVID 4 times despite being vaccinated 3 times. I had a very unlucky year and was living with somebody who teaches children age 1-3. How can I test to see if I have PCC? I'm pretty worried about it now.

stevefifield.bsky.social•399 days ago

Feels like it’s almost like a new Dementia variant 😢 🐘

sirensplight.bsky.social•399 days ago

I feel like I’ve had multiple mini strokes sometimes

banannav.bsky.social•399 days ago

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alt-text.bsky.social•399 days ago

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astrokatie.com•399 days ago

Wow that’s grim.

bioturbonick.net•399 days ago

There are some questionable statistics in here.

I won't claim it's all wrong without a deeper look, but in these two correlations they confuse r (strength of correlation) with p (likelihood that the data would be this way if there is no correlation).

tdawry.bsky.social•399 days ago

The different scales, and the lack of prerequisites needed for linear regression, are problematic, but unless it's outside of the screenshot I'm not seeing the error you've highlighted.

bioturbonick.net•399 days ago

r = -0.22, p = 0.08 => "marginally negative correlation"
r = 0.21, p - 0.003 => "strongly positive correlation"
The r values are equivalent magnitudes with opposite signs. The p value relates to the confidence, not the strength of the correlation. And difference there may be caused by sample size.

tdawry.bsky.social•399 days ago

Ah, yeah there is no standard wording (as far as I'm aware) for relative strengths like this, but in neither case here is a meaningful difference illustrated by the test being run. It does appear that they're referencing the wrong variables, but they're also ignoring prerequisites for the tests.

helchose.bsky.social•399 days ago

We're pretty sure this happened to a colleague in 2020. He and his wife caught COVID in the first wave, his mother actually died from it.

For a couple of years he became very forgetful, he almost lost his job but we found a place where he could function. Now he seems to be back to normal.

pemo.bsky.social•399 days ago

Glad to read this! ❤️

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