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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Effectiveness of an Inpatient Virtual Reality-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program among COVID-19 Patients on Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life: Preliminary Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sebastian Rutkowski, Katarzyna Bogacz, Oliver Czech, Anna Rutkowska, Jan Szczegielniak

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sebastian RutkowskiFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8504-0129
Katarzyna BogaczFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
Oliver CzechDepartment of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8515-9920
Anna RutkowskaFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2456-8499
Jan SzczegielniakFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
Opole University of Technology · PLWroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forms of rehabilitation for patients after COVID-19 are gaining interest. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare an innovative in-hospital pulmonary rehabilitation programs augmented with training elements performed in virtual reality. This randomized controlled study included 32 patients enrolled in post-COVID-19 rehabilitation at a Public Hospital in Poland. The rehabilitation models included exercise capacity training on a cycle ergometer, breathing and general fitness workout, resistance training, and relaxation. The forms of training and relaxation differed between the groups: the experimental group employed virtual reality, and the control group used a traditional form of therapy. Exercise tolerance was assessed using a 6 min walk test (6 MWT), while psychological parameters were evaluated using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the brief World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BRIEF). The analysis of the post-rehabilitation results showed a statistically significant improvement in both groups regarding depression (VR: 6.9 (3.9) vs. 4.7 (3.5),

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COVID-19Virtual RealityAnxietyDepressionHumansInpatientsQuality of LifeanxietyCOVID-19pulmonary rehabilitationstressvirtual reality

Identifiers

PMID36554860
PMCPMC9779397
OpenAlexW4312195431

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