long COVID
Conditions
Interventions
Fatigue acupuncture group:acupuncture
Fatigue warm acupuncture group:warm acupuncture
Fatigue Du moxibustion group:Du moxibustion
Fatigue waiting group:no intervention
Insomnia acupuncture group:acupouncture
Insomnia warm acupuncture group:warm acupuncture
Insomnia Du moxibustion group:Du moxibustion
Insomnia waiting group:no intervention
Low back pain acupuncture group:acupuncture
Low back pain Du moxibustion group:Du moxibustion
Low back pain cupping group:cupping
Low back pain waiting group:no intervention
Sponsors
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Previously met the diagnostic criteria for COVID-19 infection; 2.Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS ) score = 36 or Insomnia Severity Index ( ISI ) score = 8 or patients with low back pain or pain than before, and VAS score = 4; 3.The symptoms of fatigue, insomnia and low back pain appeared after the novel coronavirus infection, which were directly related to the novel coronavirus infection and met the diagnostic criteria of ' Long COVID-19 '; 4.Age 18-80 years old ; 5.The patient is conscious, emotionally stable, and can cooperate with treatment; 6.Informed and agreed to this study, signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with a history of neuropsychiatric disorders or audio-visual disorders that lead to communication difficulties; 2.Pregnant and lactating women; 3.Pneumonia patients diagnosed with severe and critical novel coronavirus infection or those who need mechanical ventilation or systemic anti-hormone therapy; 4.Patients with previous or current diseases, which may affect the patient to participate in the trial or affect the outcome of the study, including:malignant diseases, autoimmune diseases, severe liver and kidney diseases; diseases that seriously affect the immune system (e.g. human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection), or blood system diseases, or splenectomy, organ transplantation, etc., and blood infectious diseases; 5.Patients who are not suitable for acupuncture and moxibustion treatment: allergic to alcohol, moxibustion, ginger, needlesand so on; skin damage at the acupuncture site; fear of acupuncture. moxibustion and so on.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue Severity Scale;Insomnia Severity Index;Oswestry Disability Index;visual analogue scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue effective improvement rate;Fatigue assessment instrument;Insomnia effective improvement rate;Self-rating depression scale;Self-Rating Anxiety Scale;Insomnia PRO scale;Low back pain effective improvement rate;Abdominal and back muscle isometric endurance test;Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale;Low back pain PRO scale;Modified WHO disease progression scale;SF-36;survival; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaonong Fan
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Outcome results
None listed