Pulmonary Tele-rehabilitation and Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Discharged Covid-19 Patients

Iran University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Other: Pulmonary telerehabilitation; Other: progressive muscle relaxation training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04741282

18225

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate efficacy of internet based pulmonary rehabilitation and progressive muscle relaxation program on functional capacity, depression and anxiety, dyspnea, fatigue, sleep quality and quality of life in covid19 patients after hospital discharge

Full description

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (covid19) could cause respiratory and physical dysfunction, anxiety and depression, fatigue and affect sleep quality and quality of life in infected patient after hospital discharge. there is expect that pulmonary rehabilitation can improve these symptoms and prevent complications in these cases. It seems that Progressive muscle relaxation exercise could improve pulmonary rehabilitation effect. Due to social isolation of Covid 19 patients after hospital discharge, internet base rehabilitation will be used in this study. participants will be randomized in two pulmonary tele-rehabilitation groups after hospital discharge. One group will be received pulmonary rehabilitation include education, breathing exercises, aerobic and upper and lower limbs muscle strengthening exercises. Another group will be perform progressive muscle relaxation in addition of these exercise. Treatment duration is 6 week with 5 days/week frequency. Two exercise sessions per week will be supervised with expert physiotherapist via videoconferencing.

Outcomes will be measured at baseline, within two week and at the end of six week exercises program.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Covid 19 patient that confirmed with polymerase chain reaction test (PCR)
• Hospitalized Corvid 19 patients after discharge
• Accessibility to internet and using video call

Exclusion criteria

• Mental and physical disability
• Uncontrolled cardiac dysfunction such as arrhythmia
• Sever neurological condition such as guillain-barre and stroke
• Uncontrolled diabetes or blood pressure
• Pregnant women
• Re-hospitalization during treatment program
• Chronic pulmonary and kidney condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

pulmonary telerehabilitation plus progressive muscle relaxation training

Experimental group

Description:

This group will perform six week pulmonary rehabilitation program and progressive muscle relaxation exercise at theirs home, with two supervised sessions by physiotherapist per week via videoconferencing.

Treatment:

Other: progressive muscle relaxation training

Other: Pulmonary telerehabilitation

pulmonary telerehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will perform six week pulmonary rehabilitation program at theirs home, with two supervised sessions by physiotherapist per week via videoconferencing.

Treatment:

Other: Pulmonary telerehabilitation