Long COVID-19 symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention Group:Mindfulness class
Control group:Health Education
Sponsors
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or above, 2. With any self-reported long COVID-19 symptoms listed in the recent systematic review by Michelen and colleagues at least 3 months after tested positive for COVID-19, either through self-test or test in medical settings: (1) Systematic symptoms (fatigue, weakness, general malaise, dizziness); (2) Cardiopulmonary symptoms (breathlessness/dyspnoea, chest pain, cough, excessive sputum, others); (3) Upper respiratory symptoms (voice change, sore throat, nasal congestion, others), (4) Gastrointestinal symptoms (loss of appetite, stomach/abdominal discomfort/pain, weight loss, nausea or vomiting, diarrhoea, others); (5) Musculoskeletal symptoms (muscle pain/myalgia, joint pain/arthralgia, impaired mobility, others); (6) Neurological and neuromuscular symptoms (abnormal reflex status, smell disturbance, taste disturbance, decreased sensation or sensibility, tingling/ paraesthesia, others); (7) Neurocognitive symptoms (memory impairment, concentration impairment, frontal release signs, others), or others (hair loss, skin rash etc.) 3. No regular practice of mindfulness meditation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosed psychiatric disorders, and suicidal ideation, plans, or behaviours, as they may need more intensive clinical care; 2. Recent bereavement or major loss; 3. Cannot understand Chinese as the programs will be conducted in Chinese; 4. Other conditions render them incapable of following the interventions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the self-report COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale (C19-YRS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| depression (measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, PHQ-9);anxiety (the General Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7);mindfulness level (the 20-item Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, FFMQ);health service utilization ;health related quality of life (the EQ-5D-5L) ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactDaisy Dexing Zhang
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed