NCT04365738

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Post-Acute Period of COVID-19 Infection

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Post-Acute Period of COVID-19 Infection: Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 270 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Bilgi University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation(PR) applied in the isolation processes of post-acute patients with mild and moderate symptoms who had positive COVID-19 test on dyspnea,muscle pain,chest expansion,lower limb muscle strength and dynamic balance,fatigue,anxiety and depression.

Detailed description

This study was conducted with 270 patients who were the COVID-19 test was positive and isolated in their homes during post-acute periods.While one of the groups (n=135) was asked to remain isolated at home by providing patient education,a PR program was applied for 4 weeks in addition to the patients in the other group(n=135).PR consists of patient education, breathing, in-house mobilization and range of motion exercises.As the evaluation parameters,pre-treatment and post-treatment dyspnea levels with Borg scale,muscle pain with visual analog scale(VAS),functional capacities with sit-up test,chest expansions with tape measure,respiratory frequency,fatigue level with fatigue severity scale,and emotional status with hospital anxiety and depression(HAD) scale were evaluated.

Conditions

• COVID-19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rehabilitation	Chest and diaphragm respiration, in-house mobilization, joint range of motion exercises was performed to the patients as breathing exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-11
• Primary completion: 2020-04-10
• Completion: 2020-04-26
• First posted: 2020-04-28
• Last updated: 2020-04-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)