LearningRx Cognitive Training for Workplace Self-Efficacy in Adults with Post-COVID-19 Brain Fog: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.

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1. Department of Psychology, Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, USA; (A.L.M.); (E.J.J.)
2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (Ret.), LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA
3. Department of Neurosurgery, LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71103, USA

Abstract

Background/Objectives: Cognitive dysfunction, or “brain fog”, following COVID-19 viral infection is strongly associated with diminished work capacity which disproportionality affects working-age adults. This study examined an existing method of cognitive rehabilitation training applied to adults struggling with workplace functioning and self-efficacy due to post-COVID-19 brain fog. Methods: Nine adults with post-COVID-19 cognitive dysfunction participated in this single arm pilot trial of a severity-adaptive cognitive training program. The participants completed 45–90 h of clinician-delivered cognitive training exercises delivered remotely in 60- to 90-min sessions, two or three times per week. The primary outcome measure was overall workplace self-efficacy with subskills of perceived workplace functioning, perception of cognitive functioning, and perception of home functioning assessed through pre and post surveys and qualitative interviews. The secondary outcome was cognitive function operationalized by an IQ score administered before and after the intervention. Results: The participants achieved significant improvements in workplace self-efficacy and cognition following cognitive training. The main qualitative themes of self-reported improvements were in executive function, health and energy, daily living activities, productivity, and socioemotional functioning. A cross-case synthesis of pre-intervention struggles, and post-intervention improvements revealed subthemes at work or school in cognitive processing and comprehension, memory, executive function, fatigue, emotional distress, confidence in work or academics, and work/academic performance impairment. As a group, the mean gain in IQ score was 10.5 points. Conclusions: This study adds to the growing body of literature examining the possibility of using cognitive rehabilitation for post-COVID-19 cognitive dysfunction impacting workplace self-efficacy and work functioning.

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Original de-identified and de-personalized qualitative interview transcripts are available to qualified researchers upon request to the corresponding author. The de-identified quantitative dataset generated and analyzed in this study is available at Zenodo at 10.5281/zenodo.18745509.

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Moore, A. L., Jedlicka, E. J., Patterson, J. C., & Ledbetter, C. R. (2026). LearningRx Cognitive Training for Workplace Self-Efficacy in Adults with Post-COVID-19 Brain Fog: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study. Brain sciences, 16(4), 410. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16040410

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