Long COVID
Conditions
Brief summary
Long COVID patients experience high symptom burden for many months after initial infection of the COVID-19 virus. This study will investigate a mobile intervention Merging Yoga and Self-Management Skills (MY-Skills Mobile) as a complementary therapy for fatigue, pain, mood and quality of life in long COVID patients at the UCHealth Center for Integrative Medicine. The study aim is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of MY-Skills Mobile and research procedures including planned assessments.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMY-Skills for Long COVID
8 week online intervention with therapeutic yoga and self-management education
Sponsors
University of Colorado, Denver
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients referred to the UC Health Integrated Medicine Clinic for long COVID * community-dwelling * speak English * able to provide informed consent * stand with or without an assistive device * complete the Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) tool; potential participants will receive instructions about safe physical activity and/or to obtain physician approval prior to enrollment. Participants will not be excluded due to limited technology access. We will loan tablets and hotspots to participants who do not have hardware or internet.
Exclusion criteria
* current yoga ≥120 minutes a week * completed self-management education in the last year * cognitive impairment limiting participation in decision making
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility-Usability | Week 8 | User Mobile Application Rating Scale; \<90% of participants to rate intervention between 3-5 (5-point scale) |
| Feasibility- Recruitment | Week 1 | 90% of screened patients will be eligible; 50% of eligible patients will consent |
| Feasibility- Use | Week 8 | \>50% yoga session attendance and modules will be completed |
| Feasibility- Attrition | Week 8 | \<20% attrition |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Short Form 36 | Week 8 | 36-item function, pain, mental health, emotional well-being, fatigue, and general health perception |
| Symptom Burden Scale for Long COVID | Week 8 | Newly developed 14 scale for breathing, circulation, memory, thinking/communication, movement, sleep, ear/nose/throat, stomach, other symptoms and impact on daily life. |
| PROMIS Fatigue | Week 8 | 13-item assessing fatigue experience and impact on function |
| Brief Pain Inventory | Week 8 | 9-item for severity of pain and impact of pain on daily function |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed