To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary education and care model for individuals with diabetes affected with COVID-19: A two-arm parallel Randomized Control Trial

Long-COVID is an entity in which patient can continue to have persistent or new-onset symptoms/complications after COVID-19, which can result in significant morbidity. Given the huge burden of diabetes in India and a large number of COVID-19 cases that the country has seen, the so called long COVID will be a major health concern in the near future and a potential action plan is needed to address it effectively. Given the gaps in knowledge about post COVID sequelae and their management/rehabilitation, particularly in the context of diabetes, it’s important to have a holistic multi-disciplinary education program which has ease of access, can be delivered remotely, including areas where patients have poor access to apex hospitals.  With the intention of developing such a virtual comprehensive education program, and a multi-disciplinary patient care model, we propose this study.