Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 survivors and control subjects

Age

35.95 ± 9.40

33.68 ± 9.37

1.58

0.117

No

%

No

%

χ²

Gender (female)

69

81.2

62

72.9

1.63

0.202

Marital status (married)

75

88.2

66

77.6

3.37

0.066

Residence (rural)

55

64.7

46

54.1

1.976

0.160

Level of education

 Low-to-moderate

53

62.4

48

56.5

0.61

0.435

 High

32

37.6

37

43.5

Occupation

 Skilled

77

90.6

70

82.4

2.65

0.266

 Employee

7

8.2

12

14.1

 Unemployed

1

1.2

3

2.4

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

MWU

HADS scoring

 Depression

8.24 ± 4.21

6.62 ± 3.85

− 2.95

0.003

 Anxiety

8.15 ± 4.17

6.13 ± 3.37

− 3.33

0.001

t

Visuo/executive

3.98 ± 0.65

4.51 ± 0.61

− 5.46

< 0.001

Naming

2.93 ± 0.26

3.00 ± 0.01

− 2.53

0.012

Attention

5.29 ± 0.91

5.74 ± 0.52

− 9.94

< 0.001

Language

2.42 ± 0.61

2.80 ± 0.43

− 4.67

< 0.001

Abstraction

1.87 ± 0.37

2.00 ± 0.01

− 3.21

0.002

Delayed recall

2.84 ± 1.50

4.18 ± 1.06

− 6.72

< 0.001

Orientation

6.00 ± 0.01

5.99 ± 0.11

1.00

0.319

No

%

No

%

χ²

Total MoCA score

 Normal

41

48.2

78

91.8

38.35

< 0.001

 Impaired

44

51.8

7

8.2