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Individuals who contract COVID-19听often experience memory, attention, and concentration problems, even after recovering from the initial illness. A new study from the University of 蓝莓视频 shows individuals who had contracted COVID-19听reported significantly more cognitive failures at work.

鈥淐OVID-19听is going to be an ongoing part of life, at least for the foreseeable future,鈥� said James Beck, an associate professor in 蓝莓视频鈥檚 Psychology department. 鈥淚t is now common for people to catch COVID-19, recover, and then return to work. Yet, in our study, people who had contracted COVID-19听reported more difficulties at work, relative to people who had never caught COVID.鈥�

Beck and his graduate student, Arden Flow, collected data from a sample of 94 full-time working adults who either had or had not contracted COVID-19听at least one month prior to the study. Both groups were matched on key demographic characteristics.

鈥淩elative to the group who had never had COVID-19, the group who had contracted COVID-19听reported more cognitive failures at work, which are defined as problems with memory, attention, and action,鈥� Beck said.

A second finding of the work is that cognitive failures were associated with decreased self-ratings of job performance, as well as increased intentions to voluntarily leave one鈥檚 current job.

鈥淭hese results may have important implications for managers and organizations more broadly,鈥� Beck said. 鈥淚ndividuals returning to work after contracting COVID-19听may experience difficulties returning to their pre-COVID-19听level of performance, and accommodations may be necessary. These accommodations might include reducing workloads, extending deadlines, or providing flexible work arrangements.鈥�

The study, , authored by Beck and Flow, was recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.