Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Post-acute COVID-19 Symptoms
- Conditions
- Cardiopulmonary
- Interventions
- Other: Exercise programme
- Registration Number
- NCT05787353
- Lead Sponsor
- Eskisehir City Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this RETROSPECTIVE study was to compare the effect of a hospital and home-based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (CPR) program on exercise endurance and quality of life in post-acute COVID-19 patients.
88 post-acute COVID-19 patients were divided two groups according to receiving hospital (n=45) or home-based CPR (n=43)in our rehabilitation clinic between January and July 2021. Both protocols consisted of aerobic, breathing and flexibility exercises. Hospital-based CPR: three or four days per week for a total of 20 sessions. Home-based CPR: three or four days/a week over a period of six weeks. The results of six meters walk test (6MWT) for exercise endurance as a main outcome measure, and Borg-dyspnea/fatigue, the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) as secondary outcome measures before and after treatment were recorded.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
- being 18 years or older
- having COVID-19 treatment (home quarantine/hospital/intensive care unit) according to a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test in a nasopharyngeal + oropharyngeal swab or chest computed tomography (CT)
- participating in a home-based exercise program (for 6 weeks) or hospital-based CPR (for 12-20 sessions) due to post-acute COVID-19 symptoms (fatigue, myalgia, dyspnea).
- Patients who had both a negative PCR test and chest CT
- Patients who had not completed the six minute walk test (6MWT), Borg scales, Short Form-36 and Visual analog scale-pain.
- Acute COVID-19 patients (patients whose symptoms had started less than one month previous)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Home based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation group Exercise programme This was a retrospective study. 43 patients who had home based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme between January and July 2023, in our rehabilitation clinic. Hospital based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation group Exercise programme This was a retrospective study. 45 patients who had hospital based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programme between January and July 2023, in our rehabilitation clinic.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Exercise endurance One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends Six minutes walk test (All patients walked along a 30-meter-long corridor without obstacles at their normal walking speed, how many meters they walked was noted.)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method short form 36 One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends A quality-of-life assessment was performed using the Short Form-36, which has 36 items regarding physical function, physical role, emotional role, energy, body pain, mental health, general health, and social function. The scale ranges from 0 (poor health) to 100 (perfect health)
Dyspnea One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends Borg scale were also measured before and after 6MWT for perceived dyspnea (scale range from 0 to 10)
Muscle fatigue One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends Borg muscle fatigue (scale range from 6 to 20: higher values show more severe symptoms)
Musculoskeletal Pain One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends Visual analog scale-pain was used to measure general body musculoskeletal pain, which was assessed from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Eskişehir Osmangazi University
🇹🇷Eskişehir, Odunpazarı, Turkey