Teletechnology-assisted Home-based Exercise Program for Severe COVID-19

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Telerehabilitation; COVID-19

• Registration Number: NCT05778344
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program with the support of teletechnology in COVID-19 survivors. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* The change of six-minute walk distance

* The change of time of one-minute sit-to-stand test

* The change of maximal strength of upper-limb, lower-limb and respiratory muscle

* The change of quality of life Participants in the home-based pulmonary rehabilitation group will receive teletechnology-assisted consultations (either by videotelephony or telephone calls) for every 1-2 weeks during the intervention period, and participants in the usual care group will not receive teletechnology-assisted consultations during the intervention period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-03-21
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Study Start: 2023-04-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2023-12
• Study Completion: 2023-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients are 20 years or more with severe (severe pneumonia) to critical (acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, or septic shock) COVID-19 during hospitalization after deisolation.
• Patients are 65 years or more, or ever receiving oral antiviral treatment after deisolation.
• Patient have the ability to ambulate on level surface without direct contact of another person, have telecommunication device(s), and provide consent to receive teletechnology-assisted rehabilitation.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients are pregnant or planning for pregnancy.
• Patients have cognitive dysfunction, learning disability, uncontrolled arrhythmia or hypertension, or any medical diagnosis other than COVID-19 that would prominently influence their ability to follow instructions and perform exercise.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Six-minute walk distance	Week 24	The distance of six-minute walk test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maximal lower limb strength	Week 24	Leg press strength
Quality of life score	Week 24	Quality of life assessed by Short-form 12 questionnaire
Maximal respiratory muscle strength	Week 24	Inspiratory and expiratory pressure of respiratory muscle
Maximal upper limb strength	Week 24	Hand grip strength

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei City, Taiwan