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Participants were adults aged 30 to 60 years with prior COVID-19 infection and objective cognitive impairment (\u22651 SD below age norm in \u22652 cognitive domains). A sample size of 88 participants (44:44) was required to detect a conservative effect of 0.7 on the goal attainment score at 3 months.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interventions<\/jats:title>\n Participants were randomized (1:1) to CR or treatment as usual (TAU). CR consisted of 10 individual 1-hour sessions conducted once per week with a trained researcher, applying evidence-based strategies to 3 individually selected, personally meaningful functional goals. TAU was variable, with most participants having access to specialist memory clinics.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcome and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary outcome consisted of participant-reported goal-attainment scores at 3 months after randomization measured by the Bangor Goal-Setting Interview. Analysis was conducted on an intention-to-treat basis using multilevel mixed-effects models with 2-sided 95% CIs and 5% significance.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 78 participants (24 male [30.8%] and 54 female [69.2%]; mean [SD] age, 47.3 [7.2] years) were randomized, including 38 individuals in CR and 40 individuals in TAU groups. At 3 months after randomization, goal attainment was significantly greater in the CR compared with the TAU group (adjusted mean difference, 2.88 [95% CI, 2.03-3.73];\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001; Cohen\n d<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u20091.57), with CR providing a large and clinically meaningful treatment effect. 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