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Effects of multimodal inpatient complex therapy in former COVID-19 patients with post-Covid syndrome - a retrospective study

Conditions
post-Covid syndrome
Registration Number
DRKS00033018
Lead Sponsor
Paracelsus-Krankenhaus Unterlengenhardt,
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria

1. Inpatient admission to the Paracelsus Hospital in Unterlengenhardt for the treatment of post-Covid syndrome
2. Diagnosis of post-Covid syndrome
3. Verbal informed consent to complete the questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

Serious comorbidities that produce symptoms similar to post-Covid syndrome and therefore make it difficult to monitor treatment outcome, in particular:
- Advanced oncological diseases with cancer-related fatigue
- Advanced respiratory diseases with dyspnoea
- Advanced cardiovascular diseases with dyspnoea and/or fatigue
- Advanced neurological diseases with cognitive dysfunction and/or fatigue
- Symptomatic endocrine diseases, e.g. hypothyroidism, with fatigue
Insufficient German language skills to complete the questionnaires

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in the sum score of the FACIT fatigue scale (FACIT-F, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy - Fatigue) between the values on admission to hospital and four weeks after discharge (follow-up)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Change in the Fatigue Impact Scale sum score (FIS) between the values on admission to hospital and four weeks after discharge (follow-up)<br>- Change in the Multidimensional Dyspnoea Profile sum score (MDP) between the values on admission to hospital and four weeks after discharge (follow-up)<br>- Other symptoms such as insomnia, depression, pain, loss of appetite and post-exertional malaise (PEM), recorded using a self-developed questionnaire (Questionnaire on Covid-associated symptom burden with 12 items, score for each symptom complex from 0 = no symptoms to 4 = very severe symptom burden)
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