NCT04810065

SingStrong: Strong Lungs Through Song - Long COVID-19 Study

SingStrong: Strong Lungs Through Song

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Limerick · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evidence is emerging that many individuals who recover from Covid-19 are experiencing a range of residual problems. These include fatigue, pain, reduced exercise tolerance and breathing issues. This study includes participants who are experiencing problems with their lungs such as breathing difficulties, shortness of breath, and/or reduced exercise tolerance. The intervention is a twice weekly singing and breathing retraining intervention conducted over ten weeks. A range of self-report questionnaire measures will evaluate the efficacy of the intervention in addressing these problems. Focus groups and individual interviews will also be used to gather information on the impact and acceptability of the programme.

Conditions

• Long Covid

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	SingStrong: Strong lungs through Song	Participants who have been clinically diagnosed with Covid-19 and who continue to suffer residual adverse effects on the lung health will be invited to participate in the study. The intervention will involve biweekly hour-long breathing and singing classes that are designed to correct dis-ordered breathing, and retrain the principal muscles of respiration. Pre and post evaluation of participant bio-psychosocial health and wellness will be conducted. Triangulation of data using focus groups and individual interviews will be conducted after conclusion of the intervention,

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-29
• Primary completion: 2021-07-29
• Completion: 2021-09-01
• First posted: 2021-03-22
• Last updated: 2021-09-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Ireland