A tele-health primary care rehabilitation program improves self-perceived exertion in COVID-19 survivors experiencing Post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea: A quasi-experimental study

Current evidence suggests that up to 70% of COVID-19 survivors develop post-COVID symptoms during the following months after infection. Fatigue and dyspnea seem to be the most prevalent post-COVID symptoms. To analyze whether a tele-rehabilitation exercise program is able to improve self-perceived p...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-08, Vol.17 (8), p.e0271802-e0271802
Main Authors: Calvo-Paniagua, José, Díaz-Arribas, María José, Valera-Calero, Juan Antonio, Gallardo-Vidal, María Isabel, Fernández-de-las-Peñas, César, López-de-Uralde-Villanueva, Ibai, del Corral, Tamara, Plaza-Manzano, Gustavo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Biology and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Dyspnea
Evaluation
Exercise
Fatigue
Health aspects
Health care
Heart rate
Hospitals
Infections
Medical care
Medical research
Medicine and Health Sciences
Oxygen
Oxygen content
Patient outcomes
Patients
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Physical training
Primary care
Quality management
Quality of life
Quasi-experimental methods
Rehabilitation
Respiration
Saturation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Shortness of breath
Signs and symptoms
Survival
Telemedicine
Viral diseases
Walking
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Summary:Current evidence suggests that up to 70% of COVID-19 survivors develop post-COVID symptoms during the following months after infection. Fatigue and dyspnea seem to be the most prevalent post-COVID symptoms. To analyze whether a tele-rehabilitation exercise program is able to improve self-perceived physical exertion in patients with post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea. Sixty-eight COVID-19 survivors exhibiting post-COVID fatigue and dyspnea derived to four Primary Health Care centers located in Madrid were enrolled in this quasi-experimental study. A tele-rehabilitation program based on patient education, physical activity, airway clearing, and breathing exercise interventions was structured on eighteen sessions (3 sessions/week). Self-perceived physical exertion during daily living activities, dyspnea severity, health-related quality of life and distance walked and changes in oxygen saturation and heart rate during the 6-Minute walking test were assessed at baseline, after the program and at 1- and 3-months follow-up periods. Daily living activities, dyspnea severity and quality of life improved significantly at all follow-ups (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0271802