Relevance of the post-COVID syndrome within rehabilitation (PoCoRe): study protocol of a multi-centre study with different specialisations

In Patients suffering from post-COVID syndrome, in addition to physical limitations, cognitive limitations, fatigue, dyspnea as well as depression and anxiety disorders may also be present. Up to now (as of May 2022), approx. 514 million people worldwide have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, in German...

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Published in:	BMC Psychology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 1 - 189
Main Authors:	Kupferschmitt, Alexa, Hinterberger, Thilo, Montanari, Ida, Gasche, Matthias, Hermann, Christoph, Jöbges, Michael, Kelm, Stefan, Sütfels, Gerhard, Wagner, Andreas, Loew, Thomas H, Köllner, Volker
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central Ltd 29-07-2022 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Coronaviruses COVID-19 Dyspnea Evaluation Fatigue Illnesses Infections Methods Outpatient care facilities Post Exercise Malaise Post-COVID rehabilitation Pulmonology Quality of life Rehabilitation Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Study Protocol Treatment effectiveness Work ability Germany
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Summary:	In Patients suffering from post-COVID syndrome, in addition to physical limitations, cognitive limitations, fatigue, dyspnea as well as depression and anxiety disorders may also be present. Up to now (as of May 2022), approx. 514 million people worldwide have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, in Germany this affects approx. 25 million. In Germany, 2.5 million people could potentially be affected by post-COVID syndrome. Post-COVID is thus a highly relevant public health issue. So far, there is no specific causal therapy for the post-COVID syndrome, but with multimodal symptom-oriented rehabilitation, the course can be favourably influenced. However, there is no study yet that focuses on patients in different rehabilitation indications and compares the focal symptomatology and coping strategies as well as the patients' benefit per indication. As first objective, pulmonal, cardiac, neurological, cognitive or/and psychological functional impairments in rehabilitation patients after COVID-19 disease will be described. The second objective is the differentiated review of the specific rehabilitation measures, in the short term and in the longer term for the purpose of future prognoses and optimisation of therapeutic interventions. This prospective, non-randomised, controlled longitudinal study, plus multi-group comparisons will take place in seven rehabilitation clinics of different specialisations: cardiological rehab, pneumological rehab, neurological rehab, psychosomatic rehab. Within 12 months, 1000 cases across all participating centres will be included. Somatic and psychological testing will be conducted at three measurement points: Admission (t0), discharge (t1), 6-montas Catamnesis (t2). The patients receive the usual care according to the respective rehabilitation priorities, adapted to the special challenges of post-COVID symptoms. Patients of the post-COVID outpatient clinic without rehabilitation will be used as a control group. This study will precisely assess the extent to which subclinical neurological or/and psychological impairments are present in post-COVID-19 rehabilitation and the results will help, developing, providing and evaluating appropriate treatment concepts. This may also have relevant implications for the improvement of physical ability and quality of life in post-COVID-19 patients and increase the probability of return to work.
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ISSN:	2050-7283 2050-7283
DOI:	10.1186/s40359-022-00892-8