Clinical trial NCT05787340: Investigation From Biopsychosocial Perspective of Patients With Rheumatic Disease With Covid-19 Who Participated in a Biopsychosocial Exercise Program: A Case Series With 6-Month Follow-up
Official title: Investigation From Biopsychosocial Perspective of Patients With Rheumatic Disease With Covid-19 Who Participated in a Biopsychosocial Exercise Program: A Case Series With 6-Month Follow-up
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Rheumatic Diseases
Keywords: Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach
biopsychosocial exercise
rheumatology rehabilitation
qualitative research
case report
Lead sponsor: Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-03-28
Enrollment: 5
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: case series
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Objective: This novel study aimed to interrogate from a biopsychosocial perspective the health conditions during the Covid-19 infection and long-Covid periods of 5 patients with rheumatic disease infected with Covid-19 who had acquired the habit of regular exercise before the pandemic.

Method: This case study included five patients suffering from Covid-19 infection among patients with rheumatic disease who had acquired the habit of regular exercise before the Covid-19 pandemic. It was applied a questionnaire to the patients from a biopsychosocial perspective to see the short and long-term effects of Covid-19 during and after quarantine. Moreover, the study used the BETY-Biopsychosocical Questionnaire (BETY-BQ) to evaluate a biopsychosocial point, Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) to measure functional status, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to assess anxiety and depression.

Results: In BETY-BQ, HAQ, and HADS, there was an unfavorable increase in overall scores of all patients during Covid-19. After six months, although the results from these three scales improved, some of the patients could not return to their pre-covid state.

Conclusions: The patients participating in the telerehabilitation were able to return to everyday life after Covid more efficiently and overcome post-Covid symptoms easily. This study is important in guiding the exercise approach for patients with rheumatic diseases in pandemics such as Covid-19.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients with the rheumatic disease passed for at least six months after their Covid-19 infection between the ages of 18-65 were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclusion criteria were the presence of deformity that does not allow exercise, cardiopulmonary disorders, uncontrolled endocrine system diseases, severe psychiatric illnesses, and insufficient skills in using a smartphone.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Qualitative research
timeFrame: at 6 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Bilişsel Egzersiz Terapi Yaklaşımı-Biopsychosocial Questionnaire (BETY-BQ)
timeFrame: before infection, during infection and at 6 month after infection
measure: Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)
timeFrame: before infection, during infection and at 6 month after infection
measure: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
timeFrame: before infection, during infection and at 6 month after infection
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kahramanmaraş
country: Turkey
facility: Nazli Elif Nacar
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