NCT05104411

Rehabilitation in Severely Ill Inpatients With COVID-19

Comprehensive Rehabilitation in Severely Ill Inpatients With COVID-19: A Cohort Study in a Tertiary Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Inpatient rehabilitation of severe-to-critical COVID-19 patients(A longitudinal, single-center retrospective cohort)

Detailed description

Patients who underwent intensive care at least two days and classified as severe-to-critical COVID-19 (WHO ordinal scale 5-7) were enrolled. Patients received comprehensive rehabilitation including active exercise program, nutritional support, and psychological support.

Conditions

• COVID-19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Rehabilitative intervention	Active rehabilitation programs were done for all patients. Participants were asked to attend exercise program at PT room or bedside. Exercise program was offered once or twice daily on weekdays, by trained kinesiologists. In PT programs, most patients performed strengthening exercise of lower extremities, balance training, sit-up training, sit-to-stand training and gait training for about 30 minutes. Each program was individualized to participants' current physical function. In bedside programs, patients also underwent strengthening exercise and balance training without gait training for about 10 minutes. The duration of exercise program at PT room depends on the patient's condition(upto 1 month).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-14
• Primary completion: 2021-09-08
• Completion: 2022-07-15
• First posted: 2021-11-03
• Last updated: 2022-07-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea