NCT05599893

Role of Tele-physical Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following COVID-19 Infection.

Role of Tele-physical Therapy Training on Glycemic Control, Pulmonary Function, Physical Fitness, and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Following COVID-19 Infection - a Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 136 (actual)
• Sponsor: Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease where the body is unable to metabolize carbohydrates properly either due to a lack of insulin production or abnormal insulin function. In recent times, it has been considered a global healthcare concern because of its high prevalence rate (9.2 %) and other associated health consequences. After being infected with Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), the Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) sufferer experiences the following symptoms; reduced exercise tolerance, decreased muscle strength, altered respiratory functions, cognitive impairments and abnormal psychosomatic behaviour, which affects the overall well-being of the patient. To prevent or delay these clinical features and the associated consequences of type 2 Diabetes mellitus, the regular body works out and physical training is suggested either alone or in combination with diet modification. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that 12 months of supervised tele-physical therapy can positively influence patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus following COVID-19 infection. The reports of the study would be helpful for the clinicians and the physical therapists to make this as evidence for using tele-physical therapy in type 2 Diabates mellitus patients.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
• COVID-19

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Tele physical therapy	Before commencing training, warm-up exercises involving upper and lower extremity joint movements were performed for 10 times. During the first and second weeks, the third and fourth weeks, the fifth and sixth weeks and the seventh and eighth weeks, the exercises were performed 10-15, 15-20, 20-25 and 25-30 times per session, respectively. Each session lasted for 10 minutes of warm up, 60 minutes of training and 10 minutes of cool down phase. The participants in the TPG received training four times a week, for 8 weeks, each session lasted for 60 minutes.
OTHER	Patient educationa and Conventional exercises	They were informed to do their normal daily activities, avoid a sedentary lifestyle, perform regular physical activities such as household activities, maintain a balanced diet and have 6-8 hours of sleep per day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-09-30
• Completion: 2022-09-30
• First posted: 2022-10-31
• Last updated: 2022-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia