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Observational studyEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2024

Effects of an integrative multimodal inpatient program on fatigue and work ability in patients with Post-COVID Syndrome-a prospective observational study.

Sarah Schmid, Christine Uecker, Antje Fröhlich, Jost Langhorst

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Observational study in European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Article
  4. Long COVID and work in the UK: challenges, support and perspectives.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025
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  5. Article
  6. [Immunological aspects and stress regulation in fatigue].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah SchmidDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, 96049, Bamberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-7234
Christine UeckerDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, 96049, Bamberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7241-0710
Antje FröhlichDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, 96049, Bamberg, Germany.
Jost LanghorstDepartment of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, 96049, Bamberg, Germany. jost.langhorst@gmx.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-181X
Sozialstiftung Bamberg · DE

Funding

Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Gesamt-2490-PC-2021-V20
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is characterized by a variety of non-specific symptoms. One of the leading symptoms is fatigue. So far, there is no evidence-based causal therapy established and treatment of PCS is primarily symptom-oriented. The Clinic for Internal and Integrative Medicine in Bamberg, Germany, offers a comprehensive multimodal integrative inpatient therapy for PCS patients. Within a prospective uncontrolled observational study, the results of N = 79 patients were analysed. Post-COVID fatigue patients were hospitalized for up to 14 days. The treatment consists of individual modules depending on the patient's needs. It includes a wide range of integrative non-pharmacological treatment modalities. Outcomes were assessed before and after the inpatient treatment as well as 6 months after discharge from the hospital. Results show that fatigue of post-COVID patients in this study (M = 76.30, SD = 10.18, N = 64) was initially significantly higher than in the subsample "women aged 60-92 years" of the general German population (M = 51.5, Schwarz et al. [Schwarz et al. in Onkologie 26:140-144, 2003]; T(63) = 19.50, p < .001). Fatigue was significantly and clinically relevant reduced directly after discharge (M

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COVID-19FatigueAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleGermanyHumansInpatientsMaleMiddle AgedPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeProspective StudiesAbility to workCFSComplementary and alternative medicineFatigueInpatient programIntegrative medicineMultimodalPost-COVID Syndrome

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