Conocimiento, reconocimiento e investigación colaborativa para el 2022 centrado en al covid-19 persistente

Abstract

Documento colaborativo entre colectivos de pacientes y sociedades científicas Versión 1.0. Fecha: 01/05/2021 Este documento será sometido a actualizaciones periódicas en función del avance del estado del conocimiento.

Relationship between the structure, function and endothelial damage, and vascular ageing and the biopsychological situation in adults diagnosed with persistent COVID (BioICOPER study). A research protocol of a cross-sectional study

“…Numerous terms have been used to refer to this new entity ( Chaichana et al, 2023 ); the most accepted terms are persistent COVID and long COVID ( Lopez-Leon et al, 2021 ; Mandal et al, 2021 ; Abrignani et al, 2022 ; Sugiyama et al, 2022 ), and a large number of organisations have attempted to provide a validated definition that is accepted by the scientific community. The multiple definitions that have emerged, since the appearance of the first cases, consider it as a multi-organ disease that affects those patients that have suffered from COVID-19, with persistent symptoms and fluctuating frequency, and without an alternative underlying illness that can explain such symptoms ( Abrignani et al, 2022 ; Rubin, 2020 ; SemFYC: Manifestaciones Persistentes de la Covid-19, 2020 ; Siegelman, 2020 ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, 2021 ; Shah et al, 2021 ; Yang et al, 2021 ; Rodriguez-Sanchez et al, 2022 ; Centers for Disease Control, 2022 ; Rodriguez Ledo, 2021 ).…”

“…In Spain, it is estimated that at least 10% of people infected present symptoms that can be attributed to this affectation. ( Rodriguez Ledo, 2021 ) Therefore, assuming the most favourable prevalences, persistent COVID still affects millions of people in the world.…”

“…Likewise, the psychological consequences of the disease caused by persistent COVID have been reported in different studies ( Mandal et al, 2021 ; Sher, 2021 ), although the conclusions are not clear, and thus further research is necessary in this respect ( Sher, 2021 ). One of the main characteristics of the disease caused by persistent COVID is the predominance of neurocognitive affectation, which is specifically manifested through problems of attention and memory (78.2% and 72.6% of cases in Spain, respectively) ( Rodriguez Ledo, 2021 ). A relevant number of subjects who have suffered from COVID-19 present post-traumatic stress syndrome, anxiety, depression and insomnia ( Mazza et al, 2020 ).…”