Mini-mental state examination in hospitalized post COVID-19 patient to identify the risk of AlzheiMer`s development

Abstract

SARS Covid-19 has affected 6 million people in 2020 to 2022. The primary difficulty the patient faces respiratory difficulty. But the virus affects several peripheral systems as well. Central nervous system is one of the system affected by covid-19 Virus. This effect may lead to several neurological complexities including Alzheimer`s or Dementia as most hospitalized post covid patient has the symptom of memory loss or forgetting information to some extent. A Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test was done on 15 hospitalized post covid patients where the test revealed mental state of the patient. Comparing the achieved result with the MMSE test of 6 Alzheimer`s patient it was found that 40% of hospitalized post covid patient falls under the spectrum of Alzheimer`s patient. Another 40% shows sign of some mental arrays but has higher score than Alzheimer`s spectrum. The rest 20% scored normal in the MMSE test. Thus, most hospitalized covid-19 patients has the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.