The effect of follow-up care on the psychological consequences of prolonged Covid in the elderly

The impact of the continuous care model on self-care behaviors related to the psychological symptoms of older adults to prevention of long-covid-19 complications

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20230219057454N2

Enrollment

144

Registered

2025-02-09

Start date

2025-02-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-07-21

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Conditions

Condition 1: Depression. Condition 2: Anxiety. Condition 3: Fatigue Syndrom. Other recurrent depressive disorders Anxiety disorder due to known physiological condition Postviral fatigue syndrome

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention of this study is based on the follow-up care model and during face-to-face training classes for the test group. The stages of this model include familiarization, sensi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: History of infection with covid Age over 60 years Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Suffering from specific mental illnesses including paranoid, schizophrenia, bipolar

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Geriatric Depression Scale scores. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Geriatric Depression Scale.;Scores of Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire.;Geriatric Anxiety Scale scores. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Geriatric Anxiety Scale.	—

Measure

Time frame

Geriatric Depression Scale scores. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Geriatric Depression Scale.;Scores of Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire.;Geriatric Anxiety Scale scores. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Geriatric Anxiety Scale.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHossein Shahnazi

Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

h_shahnazi@hlth.mui.ac.ir+98 31 3668 0048

Outcome results

None listed

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