Self-Management Interventions for Long COVID-19
Interventions to Teach Self-management Skills for Persisting Symptoms of COVID-19: Minimizing Impact of Symptoms on Everyday Functioning and on Healthcare Usage/utilization
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
270 participants
Nov 23, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the feasibility and efficacy of two group-based interventions (education vs. mindfulness) to help self-manage Long-COVID symptoms.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria6
- Clinically diagnosed Long-COVID plus PCR positivity with and without hospitalization
- -12 months post-diagnosis of COVID-19
- >2 self-reported persisting symptoms in >1 mood, cognitive and/or somatic symptom domain
- Age >18
- English speaking
- Private access to computer/internet
Exclusion Criteria4
- Acute ventilator support
- Diagnosed dementia
- Past/present history of psychotic illness or mania and, because of potential overlap in symptoms, diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic lyme disease or traumatic brain injury
- Long-COVID symptom severity (i.e., physical, cognitive, emotional symptoms) at a level that would significantly interfere with attendance/adherence to the intervention protocol
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Interventions
Sessions will be led by registered therapists and clinicians in the fields of psychology, rheumatology, cardiology and neurology. The sessions will be comprised of educational presentations on the nature of persisting symptoms after COVID-19 and associated recommendations for self-management.
The Mindfulness Skills Intervention is an 8-week program designed to provide an introduction to some basic mindfulness skills. Each session begins with a brief breath focus practice followed by discussion of the experience and sharing/discussion of the previous week including participants' experiences. Each session also includes some didactics, and a new, related mindfulness skill is introduced and practiced, followed by another discussion.
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NCT05268523