Community-based Individualized Homeopathic Rehabilitation in Post COVID-19 Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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A growing number of studies identify a spectrum of persistent symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients for months after recovery. Symptoms include cough, fatigue, dyspnea, pain, and brain fog (cognitive impairment, including confusion and memory loss), which have a negative impact on daily activities. Homoeopathic practitioners from around the world have documented a number of successful cases of Post COVID treatment. Even though evidence from practice-based research is limited, the purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of individualized homoeopathy treatment on post-COVID syndrome.

Official Title
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Community-based Individualized Homeopathic Rehabilitation in Post COVID-19 Patients: Results of a Pilot, Pragmatic, Randomized, Open Label, Controlled Trial Investigating Acceptability and Feasibility

Conditions
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Post-COVID Syndrome

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Homeopathy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Confirmed COVID-19 history Persistent respiratory symptoms for more than three months after COVID-19 Able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Presence of respiratory issues without COVID-19 diagnosis On complementary and Alternative Treatment Symptoms of infection Pregnancy or Breastfeeding Cognitive impairment

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: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Homeopathy Group<br>Individualized Homeopathy Treatment provided by homeopathic physicians | Other: Homeopathy<br>* Individualized homoeopathic medicines on impregnated lactose pellets was prescribed based on totality of physical, emotional, and mental symptoms.<br>|
| No Intervention: Standard Group<br>Usual care provided by primary care physicians were followed by patients in the standard group | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cough severity | Severity from 0-10 visual analog scale, where 0 is none to 10 is most severe. | 8 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in dyspnea | Change in dyspnea using Modified Borg Scale (0 is best to 10 is wore) | 8 weeks | 
| Change in Fatigue | Change in fatigue severity scale (0 -7 no fatigue to worse ) | 8 weeks | 
| change in Quality of Life | Saint George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)to assess the quality of life (scores ranges from 0 (no impairment of quality of life) to 100 (highest impairment of quality of life). | 8 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Rehabilitation, Homeopathy, Post-COVID Syndrome