Early experiences of the Your COVID Recovery® digital programme for individuals with long COVID

Autor: Nikki Gardiner, Sally J Singh, Enya Daynes, Emma Chaplin, Phoebe H I Lloyd-Evans, Molly M Baldwin, Annabel Hong, George Mills, Amye C N Goddard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Respiratory Research, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2052-4439
DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2022-001237
Popis: Objectives To describe the early data from the Your COVID Recovery® digital programme and to explore the data collected from two embedded outcome measures.Design Observational.Setting Primary and secondary care (England—Online).Participants 110 individuals completed the programme (68.1% female, 88.1% White British, age: 46.3 (10.8) years, weight: 86.5 (21.1) kg, height: 169.3 (10.0) cm). 47.2% of patients reported comorbidities.Intervention Following an assessment by a healthcare professional, individuals with long COVID were offered access to the Your COVID Recovery® digital programme. The programme comprises of four stages for the participants to progress through. Participants are encouraged to record severity of their symptoms and amount of activity they are doing on a symptom and an activity tracker. Resources and interactive material on managing symptoms of long COVID are available throughout each stage.Primary outcome measures Questionnaire (EuroQ0l 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) and the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease assessment test (CAT)) data were extracted from the site from 11 March 2021 until 9 November 2021.Results Participants were on the programme for 8.6 (4.3) weeks. There was a statistically significant increase in EQ-5D-5L visual analogue scale (VAS) score (pre=48.8 (19.5); post=59.9 (22.1); p
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