Table 2 A comparison between post-COVID-19 cases and a comparative group of healthcare workers according to their age and scores of attention, memory, verbal fluency, language, visio-spatial abilities, Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination, anxiety, and depression

Age (years)

30.77 ± 6.021

0.777

32.88 ± 6.955

1.229

1.515

0.133

Attention score

17.63 ± 0.712

0.092

16.72 ± 1.708

0.302

3.612

P < 0.001**

Memory score

23.17 ± 2.101

0.271

16.72 ± 1.708

0..685

3.686

P < 0.001**

Verbal fluency score

11.43 ± 2.942

0.380

12.38 ± 2.673

0.473

1.508

0.135

Language score

24.87 ± 1.891

0.244

24.53 ± 1.606

0.284

0.852

0.396

Visio-spatial abilities

14.70 ± 1.522

0.196

14.97 ± 1.257

0.222

0.855

0.395

Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination

91.800 ± 5.70103

0.736

89.468 ± 5.967

1.054

1.838

0.069

Anxiety score

6.4667 ± 4.589

0.592

9.843 ± 4.258

0.752

3.445

0.001**

Depression score

8.300 ± 4.900

0.632

10.500 ± 5.224

0.923

1.965

0.048*