Surgical Face Mask Effects in Patients With COVID-19

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Other: Sit-To-Stand test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04689542

COSIT

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of personal protective equipment is mandatory for healthcare workers caring patient with COVID-19. To maximise the reduction of virus spread during clinical procedures involving the presence of healthcare workers, it is also recommended to patients to wear surgical facemask. Routine clinical procedures include cardio-pulmonary and strengthening exercises. During these exercises, the wearing of a face mask may be difficult to tolerate by patients, especially since they experience breathing difficulties due to the illness. Therefore, this study aims to verify the effects of the surgical facemask on breathing difficulties and exercise performance during a 1-minute sit to stand test.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospitalized for COVID-19
• No need of supplemental oxygen during the procedure

Exclusion criteria

• Altered state of consciousness
• Respiratory co-morbidities
• Neurological or orthopedic co-morbidities susceptible to alter the reliability of the sit-to-stand test
• Having required high flow nasal cannula or non-invasive ventilation during the hospital stay

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Surgical Facemask

Experimental group

Description:

The surgical facemask will be worn during the sit-to-stand test

Treatment:

Other: Sit-To-Stand test

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No facemask will be worn during the sit-to-stand test