NCT04387643

Protecting Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Protecting Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak:Qualitative Study of AYUSH Initiative

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aarogyam UK · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Preparing to deal with Covid-19 outbreak in Rajasthan, India, health care workers were given Ayurvedic Kadha (combination of ayurvedic herbal extracts) starting from the end of February 2020. Then, majority of these health care workers were put on front line managing screening, monitoring, quarantine and treating Covid 19 patients. This real-life study aimed to determine the experience of health care workers who had Ayurveda kadha before starting as front-line workers.

Conditions

• Covid-19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Ayurvedic Kadha	Kadha (also called Kwath and Kashaya) is a type of ayurvedic formulation prepared by boiling herbs in water. Water and herbs are main ingredients of these preparations. The preparation of Kadha uses dry herbs, which are dried under the sun or in the shade, as directed for the individual herb. Then, the herbs are pounded to form a coarse powder

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2020-04-02
• Completion: 2020-04-02
• First posted: 2020-05-14
• Last updated: 2020-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India