Narrative Intervention for Long COVID-19 (NICO)

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Long Covid19; Long COVID

Treatments: Behavioral: Narrative Intervention for Long COVID-19 (NICO)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06091293

22-0701

Details and patient eligibility

About

This T1 proof of concept trial is designed to test the Narrative Intervention for Long COVID-19 intervention.

Full description

People living with COVID19 Long Haul Syndrome frequently experience high symptom burden and problems performing basic activities of daily living. COVID19 has impacted mental health not only for people directly affected by the pandemic, including people who are living with COVID19 Long Haul Syndrome, but also those affected indirectly, putting further strain on the mental health system, which was already under stress.

Understanding the experience of COVID 19 Long Haul Syndrome that can inform innovative and impactful ways to improve living with COVID19. Mental health providers are in high demand with an increase in burnout. One study reported 1/3 of mental health providers have experienced severe burnout since the onset of the pandemic. There are nursing staff shortages across the US, especially in rural areas. Shortages also occur within social work staff globally. There is a need to design innovative, interdisciplinary, and less time-intensive interventions to help those living with chronic illness. More people living longer with different types of illnesses and staffing shortages make traditional talk therapy interventions more challenging to deliver to more people.

This study has two specific aims:

Aim 1: Establish the acceptability and feasibility of an asynchronous narrative intervention for people living with long haul COVID19.

Aim 2: Explore themes of illness narratives of people living with long haul COVID19

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with Long COVID
• Have access to email weekly
• Between the ages of 18-89 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Conflicting research study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

NICO

Experimental group

Description:

The NICO intervention includes components of narrative-informed interventions, brief solution-focused therapy, and medical social work case management to examine adjustment to illness for people living with Long COVID.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Narrative Intervention for Long COVID-19 (NICO)