UConn Health Center Study is recruiting adults with Long COVID cognitive concerns for research
Do you have concerns about your memory or thinking that emerged or worsened following your COVID-19 illness? Would you like to participate in a research study that is seeking to treat cognitive symptoms of Long COVID?
Adults 60+ years old who are experiencing cognitive symptoms (e.g., memory or thinking concerns) that have persisted for at least 4 weeks after contracting COVID-19 are needed for this study. We plan to investigate whether brain-training exercises can be used to treat cognitive symptoms of Long COVID.
Participation will involve doing brain training with computer games and exercises for about 7.5 hours per week over an approximately 6-week period. It will also involve doing a pre-treatment visit and a post-treatment visit, each of which will take about 3 hours, to complete measures of cognitive functioning, mood, fatigue, health history, and physical and day-to-day functioning. A blood draw will also be done.
Participants may receive payment of $60 after completing the pre-treatment visit and $60 after completing the post-treatment visit for a total of up to $120 for the study.
Some study appointments (e.g., the pre-treatment visit and the post-treatment visit) are completed in-person on the UConn Health campus. The brain-training exercises are completed remotely from your own home.
Computerized Cognitive Remediation of Long COVID Symptoms in Older Adults, IRB #23-089-2, Cutter Lindbergh, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
For more information, contact: Holly Eddy/Psychiatry at 860-679-3751/eddy@uchc.edu