NCT05853055

Disease-related Fatigue Monitoring Based on Body Signals Measured on the Skin

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: Simon Annaheim · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates the use of physiological parameters as predictors of disease-related fatigue. For that purpose, wearable devices are used to monitor post-COVID-19 patients during their stay in a rehabilitation clinic. Besides, the effectiveness of respiratory training in reducing breathlessness and improving exercise breathing patterns in patients suffering from post-COVID-19 will be explored.

Conditions

• Post-COVID-19 Related Fatigue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Respiratory training	Respiratory training will be included in the rehabilitation program of a subgroup of post-COVID-19 patients. The intervention group will train twice daily for the length of their rehabilitation stay using an incentive spirometer (Voldyne 5000 R, Sherwood Medical, St. Louis, USA). Subjects will be instructed to first completely exhale slowly. Then inspire slowly up to 70% of their vital capacity, producing a constant flow controlled via feedback from the device. This procedure will be repeated every 30 s (paced by a metronome) for 15 min. The training will be conducted twice a day, resulting in a total of 60 inspirations per day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-09
• Primary completion: 2024-07-12
• Completion: 2024-07-12
• First posted: 2023-05-10
• Last updated: 2025-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland