Communication Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Prospective, controlled, randomized, parallel, triple-blinded study, based on the list of patients with severe Covid-19 from two Public Hospitals in Sergipe (one in the inner city and the other in the
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects of any gender; residing and born in Brazil; aged over 18 years; people who had severe Covid-19; and patients who remained hospitalized
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: People who at some point in the research withdrew their free and informed consent; who have difficulty in orally answering the questionnaires; with cognitive and speech-language impairments prior to hospitalization; bedridden due to the difficulty of locomotion to participate in the research; those who test positive for Covid -19 at the time of the evaluations (due to the need to comply with isolation and the possibility of interfering in the acute phase of the disease with the test results); with reinfection of Covid-19 during the intervention period; with presence of hearing loss for admission to the language and cognition therapy group; patients with drug use that interfere with rehabilitation in the smell and swallowing therapy group
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected to obtain Normosmia (by evaluating the Olfactory Threshold and Identifying Odors from the Connecticut Test): values between Six and Seven points;Swallowing is expected to be Normal or Functional (according to the Asha Noms and FOIS Scales: Level Seven);It is expected that Cognitive Function (verified by the Brief Neuropsychological Assessment - Neupsilin) is within the expected range for the patient's Age and Education (z Score between 0.99 and -0.99);It is expected that the Language (assessed by the Semantic Verbal Fluency Test) is compatible with the patient's Age and Education (z score between 0.99 and -0.99) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcomes are expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactKelly Silva
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Outcome results
None listed