U09
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: The inpatient post-COVID rehabilitation follows an established behavioral approach and uses regional care structures for interdisciplinary specialist diagnostics. Specifically developed or mo
Sponsors
Universität zu Lübeck, Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We include patients aged 18 to 65 years who are diagnosed with COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 infection and post COVID-19 condition and other pneumological, cardiological, neurological or psychological symptoms referred by the German Pension Insurance North and other pension insurance providers from all over Germany.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We exclude patients with post-vac syndrome, exclusive or very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or monothematic severe pneumological, psychological or neurological symptoms for which an activating rehabilitation is not possible. Further exclusion criteria are significant language problems and a significant impairment of daily life that makes a rehabilitation program impossible.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue; How? Continuous, 0 to 33 points, Chalder Fatigue Scale, CFS (Cella & Chalder, 2010); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Post-COVID symptoms; How? Continuous, 0 to 36 points, self-constructed (Bahmer et al., 2022; Søraas et al., 2021; Subramanian et al., 2022); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Post-COVID symptom score; How? Continuous, 0 to 59 points, post-COVID symptom score, PCS score (Bahmer et al., 2022); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Functional limitations after SARS-CoV-2 infection; How? Ordinal, 0 to 4 points, post-COVID-19 Functional Status Scale, PCFS (Klok et al., 2020); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation General health; How? Continuous, 0 to 10 points, Copenhagen Psychological Questionnaire, COPSOQ (Kristensen et al., 2005); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Somatic distress; How? Continuous, 0 to 48 points, Somatic Symptom Disorder-B Criteria Scale, SSD-12 (Toussaint et al., 2016); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Cardiac anxiety; How? Continuous, 0 to 4 points, cardiac anxiety questionnaire, HAF-17 (Hoyer et al., 2008); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Anxiety; How? Continuous, 0 to 21 points, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD-7 (Spitzer et al., 2006); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Depression; How? Continuous, 0 to 27 points, Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9 (Kroenke et al., 2001); When? Beginning and end of rehabilitation as well as three, six and twelve months after the end of rehabilitation Stress; How? Continuous, 0 to 40 points, Perceived Stress Scale, PSS (Klein et al., 2016); When? Begin | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMatthias Bethge
Universität zu Lübeck, Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie
Outcome results
None listed