Hospital- Versus Home-based Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Post-acute COVID-19 Symptoms
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cardiopulmonary
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir City Hospital
- Enrollment
- 88
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Exercise endurance
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Fulya Bakılan
Principal Investigator
Eskisehir City Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •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).
Exclusion Criteria
- •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)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Exercise endurance
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- short form 36(One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends)
- Dyspnea(One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends)
- Muscle fatigue(One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends)
- Musculoskeletal Pain(One day before exercise programme start and one day later exercise programme ends)