Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
University Hospital, Antwerp
With
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
Universiteit Antwerpen
Hasselt University
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Adult patients with status post COVID-19 (positive COVID-19 PCR or an official pharmacy performed antigen test or a self-performed test confirmed by a physician during the acute COVID-19 ≥ 6 weeks ago or positive antibodies before vaccination or positive antibodies before vaccination).
Persistent COVID related symptoms that were not present pre-COVID-19 or were less severe pre-COVID.
Symptomatic: quantified by dyspnea on exertion, loss of energy, fatigue or sleep impairment based upon the score of four questionnaires:
* COPD Assessment Test (CAT) ≥10, and/or
* modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale (mMRC) ≥2, and/or
* CIS-fatigue ≥36, and/or
* post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) ≥2.
You may not be if
Patients with known or self-reported cognitive, hearing, visual, neurological or musculoskeletal conditions that make it impossible to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation.
Prior physiotherapy for long COVID if:
* patients who have completed ≥9 sessions of physiotherapy in total for long COVID.
* patients who completed any physiotherapy session in the previous 12 weeks for long COVID (primary care or hospital based; pulmonary or non-pulmonary).
Patients with predominantly neurological disorders impacting respiratory function will not be eligible for the study.
Patients that are not able to give informed consent or not able to complete questionnaires.
Patients who have had any organ transplatation in the past, have to undergo any transplantation or are on an active transplantation list.
Patients with active malignancy and/or (maintenance) treatment for active malignancy or curatively treated carcinoma within the past year.
