Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
This is a longitudinal quantitative experimental trial with parallel groups, developed to evaluate the effects of two nutritional strategies in adult survivors of COVID-19 with post-COVID-19 condition
Sponsors
Universidade Unicesumar
Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Intervenção em Promoção da Saúde (LIIPS)
Eligibility
Age
40 Years to 59 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adults who meet the established inclusion criteria will be recruited, including age between 40 and 59 years; presence of overweight or obesity according to the cutoff points established by the World Health Organization in 2005; signed informed consent form; availability to participate in multiprofessional interventions twice a week in the morning period for 12 weeks; and attendance at the initial project assessments
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: As exclusion criteria participation in sports activities outside the project; failure to achieve at least 75 percent attendance in the offered interventions; absence for more than two consecutive sessions in the program; failure to follow the proposed recommendations such as adherence to the diet; presence of orthopedic cardiovascular conditions or cognitive impairments that prevent the practice of physical exercise; following another type of non recommended restrictive diet; use of psychotropic medications or appetite suppressants; and occurrence of any accident that makes participation in the practical interventions impossible
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate changes in body composition as the primary outcome, measured by electrical bioimpedance, including body fat percentage, fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat and basal metabolic rate, compared between the pre-intervention assessment and up to two days after completion of the multiprofessional program | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate anthropometric changes including body weight, body mass index and body circumferences before and after the intervention, to compare the effects of group-based nutritional counseling and individualized diet on anthropometric and body composition variables, and to analyze the differential response to the two nutritional intervention models within the context of a multiprofessional program | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactBraulio Branco
Universidade Unicesumar
Outcome results
None listed