The noval coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) would cause physical and psychological dysfunctions in infected patients. We expect that an intelligence-based remote pulmonary rehabilitation scheme could improve patients' health status after hospital discharge. The intelligence-based remote pulmonary rehabilitation program is designed in a real-world and prospective manner, aiming to evaluate the efficacy of rehabilitation among 200 patients in the epicenter of China (Wuhan City) according to their varied adherence. An eight-week rehabilitation scheme, including two weeks for physicians and physiotherapists remotely guided training, and six weeks for patient self-management, will be addressed. The primary outcome of current study is six-minute walking distance and lung function, and secondly respiratory muscle strength, physical fitness assessment, symptoms and quality of life, etc. will also be assessed. Recruited patients will be followed up at week 2, 4, 8 after enrollment and at month 1, 3, 6, 12 after the rehabilitation training completed, respectively. The study has been approved by the ethics committee of China-Japan Friendship Hospital and three participating centers in Wuhan City.
Behavioral: Remote pulmonary rehabilitation
The pulmonary rehabilitation intervention includes respiratory exercise, barehanded aerobic training, exercise prescription of elastic band impedance training, respiratory muscle strength training, etc.
Inclusion criteria:
- patients diagnosed as COVID-19 pneumonia according to the Chinese diagnostic criteria
(Trial 7th Edition), aged 20 years or above;
- patients who did not participate in any other rehabilitation training scheme;
- patients who did not participate in any other intervention clinical trials;
- patients who signed the informed consent and were able to adhere to a long-term
follow-up for at least one year.
Exclusion criteria:
- pregnant women;
- patients with previous mental disorders or undergoing mental health treatment;
- patients with previous personality disorder, intelligence disorder, brain injury or
brain disease;
- patients with serious cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, neuromuscular and other
systemic diseases or other diseases affecting physical activity;
- patients with tumors and underwent treatment.
One will be considered as withdrawal if consent is revoked, lost to follow-up, or unable to
take the pulmonary rehabilitation scheme due to severe exacerbation, comorbidities, injury
or trauma, etc.
Wuhan Lung Hospital
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Wuhan Central Hospital
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Geyi Wen, Resident
+86 13263370980
williamwgy@163.com
Lulu Yang, Resident
+86 18810904716
1277403977@qq.com
Ting Yang, Prof., Principal Investigator
China-Japan Friendship Hospital