Sensory and cognitive experiences after COVID-19 infection in college students.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2025.2561890

Paige E Hemming, Lyric S Arvizu, Carly A Yadon

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Abstract

Objective: This project examined sensory and cognitive processing after COVID-19 infection in college students.

Participants: The final sample included 424 undergraduate students (M age = 19.36).

Methods: A survey was administered to gather demographics, infection history, and sensory and cognitive experiences following COVID-19, including stress, experiential measures of sensory gating and processing, cognition, sleep, olfactory function, and emotional implications.

Results: Greater perceived COVID-19 severity was significantly associated with poorer sleep quality, sensory processing difficulties, and more cognitive failures. Similarly, participants with lingering symptoms reported significantly poorer sensory, sleep, and cognitive experiences. More difficulty filtering sensory input and poorer sleep predicted higher reported COVID-19 severity. Among those currently experiencing brain fog, greater perceived impact of this symptom was moderately associated with more cognitive failures. Descriptive statistics for emotional implications are provided.

Conclusions: Lingering COVID-19 symptoms and perceived severity may be associated with sensory and cognitive challenges in college students.

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大学生新冠肺炎感染后的感觉和认知体验

目的：研究新冠肺炎感染后大学生的感觉和认知加工过程。参与者：最终样本包括424名本科生（M年龄= 19.36）。方法：通过调查收集人口统计数据、感染史以及COVID-19后的感觉和认知体验，包括压力、感觉门控和处理的体验测量、认知、睡眠、嗅觉功能和情绪影响。结果：更严重的COVID-19严重程度与更差的睡眠质量、感觉处理困难和更多的认知失败显著相关。同样，症状持续的参与者报告的感觉、睡眠和认知体验明显较差。过滤感官输入更困难和睡眠更差预示着报告的COVID-19严重程度更高。在那些目前正在经历脑雾的人中，这种症状的感知影响更大，与更多的认知失败中度相关。提供了情绪影响的描述性统计。结论：持续的COVID-19症状和感知严重程度可能与大学生的感觉和认知挑战有关。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.