新香港六合彩开奖结果 is playing a key role in a new UK study to help describe how 鈥榖rain-fog鈥 is experienced by people suffering from long COVID鈥 and to evaluate a cognitive rehabilitation therapy adapted for this group.
鈥楤rain fog鈥 or聽cognitive impairment is increasingly recognised as a major component of long聽COVID.聽聽Estimates suggest that聽a聽quarter to two thirds of all聽people聽experiencing聽long聽COVID聽suffer some form of 鈥榖rain fog鈥.聽
This impairment impacts聽on individuals鈥櫬爍uality of life聽and can experience a range of symptoms.聽Decisions as seemingly simple as having tea or coffee to聽drink can聽throw some individuals,聽while others can have difficulties with short or long-term memory. The聽loss of functional ability has major consequences for people聽who are affected, their families and the wider economy,聽given people鈥檚 difficulty in returning to work.聽
The research, led by , is one of 15 major studies just announced, which will draw on the experience and insights of patients and healthcare workers to investigate treatments, service delivery and diagnostics for long COVID.聽
The study is being delivered in partnership with 新香港六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 Clinical Trials Unit, the 聽and the 聽聽Two 新香港六合彩开奖结果 academics are contributing their expertise to the programme.
Dr Zo毛 Hoare a Senior Lecturer at the School of Medical & Health Sciences and a Principal Statistician in NWORTH,聽 will聽 be leading the work of the NWORTH team, providing the 鈥榥umber crunching鈥, advising on how the clinical trial should be designed, and analysing all the data. 聽
Dr Hoare explained: 鈥淲e at NWORTH have a wealth of expertise in running clinical trials and, in particular, in building and managing trials to assess complex cognitive impairments such as dementia. This makes us ideally placed to support the evaluation of this type of intervention in this population. We look forward to working with the other experts and with people experiencing long COVID, to learn more about what is a complex new medical condition and provide information on the effectiveness of possible treatment pathways鈥
The project will also develop a manual for clinicians which will describe a step by step approach to treating this group helping to identify methods or strategies that can be put in place to manage the symptoms people are experiencing as part of their 鈥榖rain fog鈥.
Any new support measure or treatment proposed for the health service needs to be assessed for its effectiveness and value.
Dr Nathan Bray, a Senior Lecturer in Preventative Health and Lead for 新香港六合彩开奖结果's Applied Learning for Preventative Health Academy (ALPHAcademy),聽is an expert in health economics and will be leading the complex measures to assess the cost-effectiveness of the rehabilitation support packages produced.
Dr Bray said: 鈥淭he sheer scale of the pandemic makes addressing long COVID one of the top priorities facing healthcare worldwide. The aim is to help people to regain a better quality of life and return to their former activities. The aim of this study is to meet this need and to deliver a treatment plan for affected people which will help them return to normal life and working ability.鈥
Professor Nick Lemoine, Chair of NIHR鈥檚 long COVID funding committee and Medical Director of the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN), said:聽鈥淭his package of research will provide much-needed hope to people with long-term health problems after COVID-19, accelerating the development of new ways to diagnose and treat long COVID, as well as how to configure healthcare services to provide the absolute best care. Together with our earlier round of funding, NIHR has invested millions into research covering the full gamut of causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, cost-effective treatment and rehabilitation of long COVID.鈥