Community-based Individualized Homeopathic Rehabilitation in Post COVID-19 Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post-COVID Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Homeopathy

• Registration Number: NCT05715554
• Lead Sponsor: Innowage Limited

Brief Summary

A growing number of studies identify a spectrum of persistent symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients for months after recovery. Symptoms include cough, fatigue, dyspnea, pain, and brain fog (cognitive impairment, including confusion and memory loss), which have a negative impact on daily activities. Homoeopathic practitioners from around the world have documented a number of successful cases of Post COVID treatment. Even though evidence from practice-based research is limited, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of individualized homoeopathy treatment on post-COVID syndrome.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-08-06
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-18
• Study Completion: 2023-01-12
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-06
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-08
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 69

Inclusion Criteria

• Confirmed COVID-19 history
• Persistent respiratory symptoms for more than three months after COVID-19
• Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of respiratory issues without COVID-19 diagnosis
• On complementary and Alternative Treatment
• Symptoms of infection
• Pregnancy or Breastfeeding
• Cognitive impairment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Homeopathy Group	Homeopathy	Individualized Homeopathy Treatment provided by homeopathic physicians

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cough severity	8 weeks	Severity from 0-10 visual analog scale, where 0 is none to 10 is most severe.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in Quality of Life	8 weeks	Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)to assess the quality of life (scores ranges from 0 (no impairment of quality of life) to 100 (highest impairment of quality of life).
Change in Fatigue	8 weeks	Change in fatigue severity scale (0 -7 no fatigue to worse )
Change in dyspnea	8 weeks	Change in dyspnea using Modified Borg Scale (0 is best to 10 is wore)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gyansanjeevani India; 🇮🇳 Sīkar, Rajasthan, India