Effects of interdisciplinary care on the course and health economic costs of Post-COVID syndrome

Effects of interdisciplinary care on the course and health economic costs of Post-COVID syndrome - IDV Post-COVID

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036705

Enrollment

679

Registered

2025-05-07

Start date

2025-05-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

U09.9

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group (interdisciplinary care as part of comprehensive diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center Erlangen at T0) Group 2: Control group (patients on the center's waiting list, standar

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection that occurred at least three months ago, with post-COVID symptoms persisting for at least three months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Post-vaccination syndrome, Severe psychiatric and neurological disorders (e.g. psychosis, acute suicidality, dementia)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Health-related quality of life measured using the SF-12 at five different time points over a 12-month period (T0, T1 [+3 months], T2 [+6 months], T3 [+9 months], and T4 [+12 months]).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Post-COVID symptomatology (PCS score) (T0–T4) - Fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale, FSS) (T0–T4) - Post-exertional malaise (PEM Questionnaire) (T0–T4) - Depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 9, PHQ-9) (T0–T4) - Somatoform symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 15, PHQ-15) (T0–T4) - Anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, GAD-7) (T0–T4) - Social support (ENRICHD Social Support Inventory, ESSI) (T0–T4) - Sense of coherence (SOC-3) (T0–T4) - Optimism (T0–T4) - General self-efficacy (ASKU) (T0–T4) - Gratitude (GQ-5-G) (T0–T4) -Religiosity (Duke Scale) (T0–T4) -Post-COVID-specific psychosocial functioning (Post-COVID Functional Status Scale, PCFS) (T0–T4) - Overcommitment (Overcommitment Scale) (T0–T4) - Effort-reward imbalance at work (Effort-Reward Imbalance Scale, ERI) (T0–T4) - Impairment due to chronic pain (Pain Disability Index, PDI) (T0–T4) - Use of healthcare services and days of sick leave (self-constructed for health economic analysis) (T0–T4) - Digit Span (subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-R): assessment of short-term and working memory (intervention group only at T0, as part of diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center) - Attention and concentration test (d2-R): assessment of attention and concentration abilities (intervention group only at T0, as part of diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center) - Regensburg Word Fluency Test (RWT): assessment of formal-lexical verbal fluency (intervention group only at T0, as part of diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center)	—

Measure

Time frame

- Post-COVID symptomatology (PCS score) (T0–T4) - Fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale, FSS) (T0–T4) - Post-exertional malaise (PEM Questionnaire) (T0–T4) - Depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 9, PHQ-9) (T0–T4) - Somatoform symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 15, PHQ-15) (T0–T4) - Anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, GAD-7) (T0–T4) - Social support (ENRICHD Social Support Inventory, ESSI) (T0–T4) - Sense of coherence (SOC-3) (T0–T4) - Optimism (T0–T4) - General self-efficacy (ASKU) (T0–T4) - Gratitude (GQ-5-G) (T0–T4) -Religiosity (Duke Scale) (T0–T4) -Post-COVID-specific psychosocial functioning (Post-COVID Functional Status Scale, PCFS) (T0–T4) - Overcommitment (Overcommitment Scale) (T0–T4) - Effort-reward imbalance at work (Effort-Reward Imbalance Scale, ERI) (T0–T4) - Impairment due to chronic pain (Pain Disability Index, PDI) (T0–T4) - Use of healthcare services and days of sick leave (self-constructed for health economic analysis) (T0–T4) - Digit Span (subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-R): assessment of short-term and working memory (intervention group only at T0, as part of diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center) - Attention and concentration test (d2-R): assessment of attention and concentration abilities (intervention group only at T0, as part of diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center) - Regensburg Word Fluency Test (RWT): assessment of formal-lexical verbal fluency (intervention group only at T0, as part of diagnostics at the Post-COVID Center)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactYesim Erim

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

yesim.erim@uk-erlangen.de+49 9131 85 34596

Outcome results

None listed

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