Tele-Rehabilitative Exercise Training Program in Nurses With Long COVID

NCT ID: NCT06840873

Last Updated: 2025-10-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

68 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-02

Study Completion Date

2024-11-01

Brief Summary

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Long COVID can cause a decline in cardiorespiratory fitness, resulting in fatigue and negative impacts on individuals' quality of life (QoL), particularly in nurses who play a crucial role in public health. Combining with reduced cardiorespiratory fitness and suffering from a spectrum of long-COVID symptoms might substantially exaggertate fatigue, perceived stress, and reduce willingness to work for hospital nurses. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of tele-rehabilitative exercise on fatigue, perceived stress, symptom severity of long COVID, and QoL in this population.

Detailed Description

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The intervention is an extra 8-week tele-rehabilitative exercise program (3 aerobic and 2 strengthing exercise sessions/week at a moderate intensity, 30 min/session), monitored through a wearable devices and a mobile App. The evaluation of the rehabilitation results can be presented as a data chart, and the treatment effects are also clearly presented. Outcome measures were assessed at baseline, 4, and 8 weeks. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured before and after the intervention via cardiopulmonary exercise tests.

Conditions

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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Exercise Long COVID Nurses Quality of Life (QOL) Fatigue Stress Tele-rehabilitation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Health consultation

The participants with healthy consultation do aerobic training at home

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Healthy consulation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants received routine outpatient health education.

wearable device

The participants with wearable device do exercise training at home

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

wearable device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants wore a knee brace with a sensor module on one side of the leg, the sensor could connect with the KNEESUP care APP which were installed in participant's mobile phone. The APP was designed with an individualized exercise program and the knee brace sensor could detect the action moment of the participants during exercise. This equipment could help the participants to achieve professional-level home rehabilitation, including 3 aerobic and 2 strengthening exercise sessions per week at a moderate intensity, 30 min/session.

Interventions

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wearable device

Participants wore a knee brace with a sensor module on one side of the leg, the sensor could connect with the KNEESUP care APP which were installed in participant's mobile phone. The APP was designed with an individualized exercise program and the knee brace sensor could detect the action moment of the participants during exercise. This equipment could help the participants to achieve professional-level home rehabilitation, including 3 aerobic and 2 strengthening exercise sessions per week at a moderate intensity, 30 min/session.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Healthy consulation

Participants received routine outpatient health education.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* nurses older than 20 years of age
* have reported a positive result on a COVID-19 rapid test or nucleic acid test
* one or more of the following symptoms for more than four weeks: fatigue, discomfort after physical or mental exertion, fever, cardiopulmonary symptoms such as difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, or palpitations (CDC, 2022)
* able to perform activities independently without assistance
* total score of 36 or higher on the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), confirming fatigue symptoms, and report that these symptoms either appeared after the infection or worsened following the infection

Exclusion Criteria

* without the equipment to install a mobile application (APP)
* unsuitable for wearing devices due to any leg diseases
* unable to engage in aerobic or strength training due to neurological or musculoskeletal disorders
* pregnancy
* cancer
* absolute and relative contraindications for cardiopulmonary testing or exercise training
* unsuitable for participation in this study by a rehabilitation specialist;
* regular exercisers
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shang-Lin Chiang

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shang-Lin Chiang

Attending physician

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Tri-service General Hospital

Tiapei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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c202305117

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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