Janet Yates, David James
The UK Clinical Aptitude Test and clinical course performance at Nottingham: a prospective cohort study
BMC medical education
remains unclear whether subjective objective measures cognitive function post covid19 condition pcc correlated extent correlation mechanistic clinical implications posthoc analysis randomized doubleblind placebocontrolled clinical trial contains baseline data subjective objective measures cognition rigorously characterized cohort living pcc herein evaluated association subjective objective condition function measured perceived deficits questionnaire 20item pdq20 digit symbol substitution test dsst trails making test tmtab respectively total 152 participants comprised baseline sample due missing data statistical analyses included 150 selfreported pdq20 147 individuals combined dsstmeasured cognitive function composite zscore penpaper plus online cogstate version ncombineddsst 71 inperson dsstmeasured cognitive function penpaper version 70 tmtameasured cognitive function 70 tmtbmeasured cognitive function adjusting age sex education pdq20 significantly correlated penandpaper dsst 0003 p 0002 tmtb 0003 p 0008 scores tmta scores 0001 p 0751 overall statistically significant correlation observed subjective objective cognitive functions clinicians providing care individuals pcc subjective cognitive function complaints may consider taking measurementbased approach cognition point care focuses exclusively patientreported measures