NCT04892979

3R Rehabilitation Management of COVID-19 Survivors

3R Rehabilitation Management of COVID-19 Survivors Using Centre-based and Online-based Approaches

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

It is to explore the temporal relationships between physical fitness, cognitive, psychosocial functions, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in COVID-19 survivors over the first 15 months; and to determine the effects of centre-based (CBR), online-based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation (OBR), and combined centre- and online-based rehabilitation (COBR) on survivors with initially suboptimal pulmonary functions.

Conditions

• Covid19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cardiopulmonary exercise (centre-based)	Depending on the preference of participants, they can either choose to join three 60-minute centre-based sessions plus two sessions of 30-minute home exercise per week, or two 60-minute centre-based sessions plus four sessions of 30-minute home exercise per week. Each session will include warm-up and cool-down exercises, aerobic exercises, and progressive strengthening exercises prescribed based on individual ability (Table 1). Aerobic exercises will be performed at 60-75% (up to 85% for fit individuals) of the predicted maximum heart rate. The respective rate of perceived exertion during exercise will be maintained between 4 and 6 out of 10 on the Borg CR scale \[10\], indicating moderate to strenuous exercise levels. Additionally, physiotherapists will provide education related to COVID-19, energy conservation, and stress management during the program.
OTHER	Cardiopulmonary exercise (online-based)	Participants in the OBR group will attend one face-to-face session to learn how to use a mobile application (app) followed by 6 weeks of home exercises. The online treatments will be delivered via the Caspar Health e-system, a German-designed Internet-based system, is available for desktop PCs and as a mobile app for both iOS and Android smartphones. This system will enable patients to follow their therapists' treatment plans in an asynchronous manner. The OBR programme will last for 6 weeks. Participants will be instructed to perform 40 minutes of structured exercises 6 times per week. In the first week, six 40-minute online exercise sessions will be delivered through push notifications on the mobile app.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2022-03-31
• Completion: 2022-03-31
• First posted: 2021-05-19
• Last updated: 2021-05-19

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Hong Kong