Merging Yoga and Self-Management Skills for Symptoms of Long COVID (MYS LCOVID-19)

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Long COVID

Treatments: Behavioral: MY-Skills for Long COVID

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05697042

22-2215

Details and patient eligibility

About

Long COVID patients experience high symptom burden for many months after initial infection of the COVID-19 virus. This study will investigate a mobile intervention Merging Yoga and Self-Management Skills (MY-Skills Mobile) as a complementary therapy for fatigue, pain, mood and quality of life in long COVID patients at the UCHealth Center for Integrative Medicine. The study aim is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of MY-Skills Mobile and research procedures including planned assessments.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients referred to the UC Health Integrated Medicine Clinic for long COVID
• community-dwelling
• speak English
• able to provide informed consent
• stand with or without an assistive device
• complete the Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) tool; potential participants will receive instructions about safe physical activity and/or to obtain physician approval prior to enrollment.

Participants will not be excluded due to limited technology access. We will loan tablets and hotspots to participants who do not have hardware or internet.

Exclusion criteria

• current yoga ≥120 minutes a week
• completed self-management education in the last year
• cognitive impairment limiting participation in decision making

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 1 patient group

MY-Skills Mobile

Experimental group

Description:

8-week intervention merging yoga and self-management offered via secure remote tools including Zoom (video-conferencing software), Canvas (education software), and Qualtrics (survey software) that can be accessed via a computer or tablet. Each participant will have an initial yoga therapy individual session prior to start of group yoga. Group yoga is offered synchronously via Zoom two times per week for 60 minutes (120 minutes per week). The self-management content is delivered primarily through asynchronous tools that include educational videos, facilitated discussion boards, and interactive activities for goal setting, monitoring goals, and problem-solving practice. Self-management content is reiterated during the bi-weekly synchronous sessions, discussed as a group, and mantras are carried through both practices.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MY-Skills for Long COVID