As a result of a survey by the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine about the aftereffects of patients who became severely ill with the new coronavirus, it was found that about half of the people seemed to continue to have poor cognitive functions such as memory even after more than a year.
It points out that early rehabilitation is important because the rate is higher than in cases of severe illness due to other diseases.
The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine conducted a questionnaire survey of patients and their families who were infected with the new corona and were treated with ventilators at 32 hospitals in various places by the end of the year, and received responses from 209 people. I was.
As a result of analyzing the survey results, it was found that 60.8% of the patients seemed to have problems with memory and daily activities more than 1 year and 1 month after leaving the intensive care unit.
Of these,
53.1%, more than half, suffer from cognitive disorders such as forgetfulness,
28.7% suffer from mental disorders such as depression
, and 18.7% suffer from shortness of breath during daily activities, indicating
multiple disorders. Some people overlapped.
According to overseas research, more than 30% of people who received treatment in an intensive care unit other than Corona had cognitive impairment after one year, and the proportion is high in Corona.
Dr. Junji Hatakeyama of Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, who conducted the analysis, said, ``There is a possibility that rehabilitation was restricted due to infection control, causing deterioration. It's important to do it as early as possible," he said.