Health Condition 1: B99-B99- Other infectious diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Yoga: 12 week supervised yoga adjunct to usual care
Control Intervention1: Routine Practice: No yoga intervention:ââ?¬â?? but routine health promotional advices will be given by expert
Sponsors
Indian Council of Medical Research
Forte from Sweden
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Physician-diagnosed long COVID (more than or equal to 2 months post COVID19, as per the WHO definition 2. Aged 50-75 years 3. Consenting to randomization and participation 4. Able and willing to attend baseline and follow-up assessments
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Physical disability, disease or injury that could interfere with or be worsened by yoga practice, like paralysis, glaucoma, etc 2. Severe cognitive impairment like dementia 3. Recently diagnosed with serious mental illness like psychosis or reporting suicidal thoughts 4. Advised not to participate in moderate exercise by their doctor 5. Currently or recently (past 3 months) engaged in regular structured exercise or already practicing yoga or meditation. 6. Currently taking part in another research study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health-related Quality of Life The SF-36 is a 36 item self-rated assessment tool that is widely reported as a measure of HR-QoL. The SF-36 includes a scale for each of the following eight dimensions: physical functioning; physical role functioning; bodily pain; general health perception; vitality; social role functioning; emotional role functioning; and mental health Timepoint: Baseline, 3 months, 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-reported fatigue, breathing difficulty, anxiety, and depressive symptoms and cognition will be considered as secondary outcomes.Timepoint: Baseline, 3 months, 12 months | — |
Countries
India, Sweden
Contacts
Public ContactKomal Shah
Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
Outcome results
None listed