The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of a home-based pulmonaryrehabilitation program with the support of teletechnology in COVID-19 survivors. The mainquestions it aims to answer are: - The change of six-minute walk distance - The change of time of one-minute sit-to-stand test - The change of maximal strength of upper-limb, lower-limb and respiratory muscle - The change of quality of life Participants in the home-based pulmonary rehabilitation group will receive teletechnology-assisted consultations (either by videotelephony or telephone calls) for every 1-2 weeks during the intervention period, and participants in the usual care group will not receive teletechnology-assisted consultations during the intervention period.
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Behavioral: Teletechnology-assisted home-based pulmonary rehabilitation
The accuracy and safety of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation will be checked regularly
through technology devices such as smart watch and via videotelephony (or telephone calls
if indicated).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients are 20 years or more with severe (severe pneumonia) to critical (acute
respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, or septic shock) COVID-19 during
hospitalization after deisolation.
- Patients are 65 years or more, or ever receiving oral antiviral treatment after
deisolation.
- Patient have the ability to ambulate on level surface without direct contact of
another person, have telecommunication device(s), and provide consent to receive
teletechnology-assisted rehabilitation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients are pregnant or planning for pregnancy.
- Patients have cognitive dysfunction, learning disability, uncontrolled arrhythmia or
hypertension, or any medical diagnosis other than COVID-19 that would prominently
influence their ability to follow instructions and perform exercise.
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei City, Taiwan
Investigator: Ping-Lun Hsieh, MSc
Contact: 886-905925933
107673@ntuh.gov.tw
Ping-Lun Hsieh, MSc
+886-905925933
107673@ntuh.gov.tw
Ping-Lun Hsieh, Principal Investigator
National Taiwan University Hospital