Consequences of COVID-19: Fatigue, autonomic regulation, and immunology in post-COVID patients in medical rehabilitation

Consequences of COVID-19: Fatigue, autonomic regulation, and immunology in post-COVID patients in medical rehabilitation - PCR

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031410

Enrollment

Registered

2025-08-13

Start date

2024-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Post-COVID Syndrome

Interventions

Group 1: Rehabilitation measure: The mental state and physiological parameters of post-COVID rehabilitation patients at the BG Clinic in Bad Reichenhall will be compared with the measurements of healt

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Post-covid rehabilitation patients can voluntarily participate in the study; healthy controls will be recruited according to the age and gender distribution of the patient sample.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Insufficient knowledge of German to fill in the questionnaires.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fatigue measured using the Fatigue Assessment Scale (Michielsen, H. J., De Vries, J., & Van Heck, G. L. (2003). Psychometric qualities of a brief self-rated fatigue measure: The Fatigue Assessment Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 54(4), 345–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3999(02)00392-6.)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
diurnal cortisol slope, sympathetic and parasympathetic activation, baroreflex sensitivity, 45 cytokines, respiratory pattern, end-tidal pCO2, sleep pattern	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactFrank Wilhelm

Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg

frank.wilhelm@plus.ac.at+43-662-8044 5103

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026