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Trial reportScientific reports2023

Effectiveness of a telerehabilitation intervention using ReCOVery APP of long COVID patients: a randomized, 3-month follow-up clinical trial.

M Samper-Pardo, S León-Herrera, B Oliván-Blázquez, F Méndez-López, M Domínguez-García, R Sánchez-Recio

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Intervention modalities for brain fog caused by long-COVID: systematic review of the literature.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  20. Interventions for Long COVID: A Narrative Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

M Samper-PardoInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IISAragon), Zaragoza, Spain.
S León-HerreraDepartment of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
B Oliván-BlázquezInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IISAragon), Zaragoza, Spain. barbaraolivan@gmail.com.
F Méndez-LópezInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IISAragon), Zaragoza, Spain.
M Domínguez-GarcíaInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IISAragon), Zaragoza, Spain.
R Sánchez-RecioDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to analyze the clinical efficacy of telerehabilitation in the recovery of Long COVID patients through ReCOVery APP for 3 months, administered in the Primary Health Care context. The second objective is to identify significant models associated with an improvement in the study variables. An open-label randomized clinical trial was conducted using two parallel groups of a total of 100 Long COVID patients. The first group follows the treatment as usual methods established by their general practitioner (control group) and the second follows the same methods and also uses ReCOVery APP (intervention group). After the intervention, no significant differences were found in favour of the group intervention. Regarding adherence, 25% of the participants made significant use of the APP. Linear regression model establishes that the time of use of ReCOVery APP predicts an improvement in physical function (b = 0.001; p = 0.005) and community social support (b = 0.004; p = 0.021). In addition, an increase in self-efficacy and health literacy also contribute to improving cognitive function (b = 0.346; p = 0.001) and reducing the number of symptoms (b = 0.226; p = 0.002), respectively. In conclusion, the significant use of ReCOVery APP can contribute to the recovery of Long COVID patients. Trial Registration No.: ISRCTN91104012.

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COVID-19Mobile ApplicationsTelerehabilitationFollow-Up StudiesHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

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PMID37193738
PMCPMC10187508

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