Quality of Life
Conditions
Keywords
Post-COVID Condition, Long COVID, Life Quality, Exercise Training
Brief summary
Post-Covid syndrome is known as the appearance of some symptoms for 12 weeks or more after Covid-19 infection, affecting the patient's quality of life. The wide range of symptoms that occur after post-Covid syndrome has led to the development of different interventions. In this study, we tried to measure changes in quality of life in people with post-covid syndrome as a result of using calisthenics with therapists and home exercise. Quality of life scale scores were compared before and after an 8-weeks exercise intervention.
Detailed description
In this study, a quantitative approach with a pre-test-post-test design was applied to compare the effect of calisthenic exercises on quality of life in individuals with post-covid syndrome in the form of a therapist-guided and home exercise programme. Participants signed an informed consent form before inclusion in the study and the details of the study were clearly explained. At baseline, age, gender, height, weight, symptoms and duration of symptoms were recorded. Quality of life data were recorded with the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire at baseline and 8 weeks after the exercise intervention.
Interventions
OTHERCalisthenic exercise
Calisthenic exercise program was included: jumping jack, burpee, mountain climber, squat thrust, squat, squat jump, split and alternate exercises.
Sponsors
Bahçeşehir University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The assessment was completed by a another therapist.
Intervention model description
The study was conducted in 2 groups, one intervention and one control group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* To be 18 years of age or older, previous having Covid-19 infection, 12 weeks or more of post-covid symptoms.
Exclusion criteria
* The presence of acute viral or bacterial infection, having been previously diagnosed with a rheumatic, neurological, metabolic or oncological disease, having undergone any surgical procedure after musculoskeletal injury, use of intra-articular prosthesis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-5D-3L (European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 3 Level Version) | Baseline of the study | Depending on the answers given in this questionnaire, 1 - 3 points are assigned, while a low score indicates a healthy state, a high score indicates a problem that reduces the quality of life. In the second part of the questionnaire, there is a part where a score between 0-100 is asked to explain the state of being healthy today, in this part, low scores indicate that there are health problems and high scores define the state of being healthy. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed