Yoga Versus Health Education for the Treatment of Persistent Fatigue in Patients With Post COVID-19 Syndrome (YoFaPoCo)

University Hospital Tuebingen

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Fatigue Post Viral; Post-COVID-19 Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga Therapy; Behavioral: Health Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05890599

S00766-RBK

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the short- and medium-term effect of a yoga intervention in addition to routine care compared to health education in addition to routine care on fatigue in patients with post covid syndrome.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis
• Follow-up symptoms of ≥ 12 weeks
• Persistent fatigue (scores ≥4 on the binomial Chalder Fatigue Scale).
• Self-assessment that fatigue was a consequence of COVID-19 disease
• Age 18-65 years

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic medical conditions or regular use of medications associated with fatigue
• Indication of health cause of fatigue other than post-COVID.
• Indication of other factors as the main cause of fatigue
• Physical limitations that do not allow participation in the yoga intervention
• Pregnancy, breastfeeding
• Concurrent participation in other clinical trials
• Current yoga practice

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Yoga Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

12 week yoga program, one weekly session of 90 minutes each, plus 2 times weekly 30 minutes of self practice.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga Therapy

Health Education

Active Comparator group

Description:

12 week health education program, one weekly session of 90 minutes each, plus 2 times weekly 30 minutes of self practice.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health Education