The Effects of Physical Activity Tele-Counseling Intervention in Post-COVID-19 Conditions

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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It has been found that physical activity recommendations with telerehabilitation in different disease groups improve the functional capacity, physical activities and mental health of the patients as much as the supervised exercise programs. However, there are no studies in the literature that provide online physical activity counseling in COVID-19 patients, and evaluate the effect of physical activity counseling on physical activity level, quality of life, physical performance, fatigue, kinesophobia, pain, dyspnea, mental health and behavior change levels. For this reason, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of online physical activity counseling on physical activity level, quality of life, physical performance, fatigue, kinesophobia, pain, dyspnea, mental health and behavior change level in COVID-19 patients.

Official Title
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The Effects of Physical Activity Tele-Counseling Intervention on Physical Activity, Functional Performance, and Quality of Life in Post-COVID-19 Conditions: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Conditions
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Covid19

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Physical activity counseling


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Individuals who have suffered COVID-19 and have passed at 3 months after the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test turned negative Volunteering to participate in the research Exclusion Criteria: Having another diagnosed respiratory or cardiac problem Having infections during the evaluation Having a skeletal-muscular disease that may affect the evaluation results Having neurological and psychiatric problems Individuals with restrictions that prevent being physically active during the evaluation and counseling program. Pregnant individuals

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Counseling group<br> | Behavioral: Physical activity counseling<br>* Physical activity counseling will be performed using physical activity behavior steps of the transtheoretical model.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control Group<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Physical activity level | Physical activity level will be evaluated multi sensor activity monitor for 7 consecutive days. | seven days | 
| General Quality of Life | Quality of Life will be evaluated using Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire | five minutes | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Physical performance | Physical performance will be evaluated using Short Physical Performance Battery | ten minutes | 
| Dyspnea during daily living activities | Dyspnea using Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) dyspnea scale will be evaluated. Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale, levels are graded as 0-4, higher scores imply higher dyspnea. | two minutes | 
| Behaviour change level | Behaviour change level will be evaluated using Exercise Behaviour Change Scale. | five minutes | 
| General Pain | Pain will be evaluated using Visual Analog Scale | one minute | 
| Fear of movement | Fear of movement will be evaluated using Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia | three minutes | 
| Fatigue | Fatigue will be evaluated using Fatigue Severity Scale | Two minutes | 
| Mental Health | Mental Health will be evaluated using Mental Health Continuum Short Form | three minutes |