During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that COVID-19 infection caused a range of issues within the nervous system, which we have also seen in previous pandemics including Spanish flu (1918) and Swine flu (2009). The neurological complications from COVID-19 have resulted in patients developing long term health problems and disabilities that can persist long after their initial infection has resolved.
In response to COVID-19, multiple datasets were created to collect data of patients with COVID-19. However, the datasets were not primarily focused on neurological outcomes and therefore collected a range of different information. This project aims to review the strengths and limitations of these databases, covering the sources of data and the quality of data obtained. The review can then help us better understand how common neurological complications of COVID-19 were, as well as inform us of a better way to develop databases and improve our approach in identifying the neurological complications of infectious diseases in future pandemics.
