Living With Long COVID: LONGCOVID-EXPERIENCE

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Background: One in ten people infected with COVID-19 presents persistent COVID, which consists of the presence of symptoms three months after the acute manifestations of COVID-19 and their persistence for at least two months, without being explained by an alternative diagnosis. The characteristics and clinical approach to persistent COVID syndrome are fairly well known, but not what the experience of people with persistent COVID is in relation to their daily life, their work life, and their experience with the healthcare received. Objective: to understand the experience of patients with persistent COVID in relation to the disease, the health care received and re-entry into the world of work Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study, based on individual interviews. The study protocol will be registered in Clinicaltrials.gov. People with persistent COVID treated at the Parc Taulí Hospital will be included. Sampling will be by convenience, purposive and snowball and the sample size will be determined by data saturation. Semi-structured individual or group interviews will be conducted and the data will be analyzed following a reflective thematic analysis (Brawn and Clarke). The preliminary report will be triangulated with some participants and with the results obtained from a scoping review carried out by the research team.

Official Title
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Living With Long COVID: LONGCOVID-EXPERIENCE Qualitative Study

Conditions
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Long COVID, Experience, Life

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: women and men diagnosed with persistent COVID between March '20 to the present according to WHO criteria (persistent symptoms three months after the acute manifestations of COVID-19 and lasting at least two months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis). treated at the Parc Taulí Hospital from 18 to 65 years Exclusion Criteria: -people who do not understand or can communicate in Catalan or Spanish.

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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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Persons with- long-covid<br>Women and men diagnosed with persistent COVID according to WHO (World HEalth Organization) criteria: persistent symptoms three months after the acute manifestations of COVID-19 and lasting at least two months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Experience of the disease | How is living with LongCOVID. Assessed through semi-structured interviews. | Up to three years | 
| Experience with healthcare received | How is the experience of patients with the healthcare received for their condition. Assessed through semi-structured interviews. | Up to three years | 
| Experience with return to work | What were the barriers and facilitators for returning to work after the disease. Assessed through semi-structures interviews. | Up to three years | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, patient experience, qualitative research