Symptoms and Wellbeing of People Infected With Covid-19 Virus in Iceland

Completed

• Conditions: Covid19

• Registration Number: NCT04546191
• Lead Sponsor: Landspitali University Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to explore symptoms and well being of people diagnosed with COVID-19 from the outset of the pandemic until June 2020.

Detailed Description

All patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Iceland were referred to the COVID-19 outpatient clinic at Landspitali National University Hospital in Iceland. In the clinic risk assessment was conducted and the patients were accordingly provided with individualized care be it telephone surveillance, onsite examination and treatment, or admission to the hospital. As the the first wave of the pandemic was curbing the necessity of exploring how the patients did and continue to fare after being infected became apparent.

The research questions are:

What were the symptoms that patients expressed during and about three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19? What is the prevalence and intensity of the symptoms that patients expressed during and about three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19 ? How do patients value their health related quality of life, what is their health literacy and sense of security in care during and about three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19 ? How do patients value the nursing care in the outpatient COVID-19 clinic? What are the patients' perception of having caught COVID-19?

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-07-01
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-01
• Study Completion: 2020-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-09-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-09-10
• Study First Posted: 2020-09-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-11
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1580

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients receiving care from the COVID-19 outpatient clinic at LUH during the first wave of the pandemic

Exclusion Criteria

• Young than 18 y.o.
• Do not understand Icelandic
• Died

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symptoms	2 months	Patients answer a questionnaire developed by authors based on published symptoms of COPVID19. The questionnare has two versions one refers to symptoms during the quarantine and the other to the time a couple of months later. Name: Symptoms during and after the COVID 19 quarantine.; The questionnaire has 25 items scored on a four point Likert scale. The highest possible score is 100 and the lowest possible score is 20. Higher score means worse outcome.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wellbeing - HRQL	2 months	EQ-5D is a generic health related quality of life measurement (HRQL). It is composed of five dimensions; mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression measured on five levels (from no problems to extreme problems or unable) with a minimum score 5 and maximum score 25, with higher score indicating worse outcome. The instrument contains as well a visual analogue scale (VAS) measuring the person's "health state today", on a 100 point scale (worst imaginable to best imaginable health state).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Landspitali National University Hospital; 🇮🇸 Reykjavík, Ísland, Iceland