Covid19
Conditions
Keywords
Sit-To-Stand test, Surgical Facemask, Dyspnea
Brief summary
The use of personal protective equipment is mandatory for healthcare workers caring patient with COVID-19. To maximise the reduction of virus spread during clinical procedures involving the presence of healthcare workers, it is also recommended to patients to wear surgical facemask. Routine clinical procedures include cardio-pulmonary and strengthening exercises. During these exercises, the wearing of a face mask may be difficult to tolerate by patients, especially since they experience breathing difficulties due to the illness. Therefore, this study aims to verify the effects of the surgical facemask on breathing difficulties and exercise performance during a 1-minute sit to stand test.
Interventions
OTHERSit-To-Stand test
The 1-minute sit-to-stand test will be realized with or without a surgical facemask covering the face of the patient with COVID-19
Sponsors
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Hospitalized for COVID-19 * No need of supplemental oxygen during the procedure
Exclusion criteria
* Altered state of consciousness * Respiratory co-morbidities * Neurological or orthopedic co-morbidities susceptible to alter the reliability of the sit-to-stand test * Having required high flow nasal cannula or non-invasive ventilation during the hospital stay
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in dyspnea level | Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test | The Modified Borg dyspnea scale will be used to estimate dyspnea This scale range from 0 (no dyspnea) to 10 (maximal dyspnea) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in respiratory rate | Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test | Respiratory rate will be measured using two inductive plethysmography belts |
| Changes in heart rate | Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test | Heart rate will be measured using a pulse oximeter |
| Changes in pulsed oxygen saturation (SpO2) | Before, immediately after and 2 minutes after the sit-to-stand test | SpO2 will be measured using a pulse oximeter |
| Number of sit-to-stand repetition | 1 minute | The number of repetitions will be manually counted |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed