ArticleFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2025
Design and validation of an energy level diary for fatigue management in patients with post-COVID syndrome.
Article in Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06883500 (Design and Validation of an Energy Level Diary for Fatigue Management in Patients With Post-COVID Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Design and Validation of an Energy Level Diary for Fatigue Management in Patients With Post-COVID Syndrome
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- Assessment of dynamic cerebral blood flow changes during cognitive tasks in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.Brain communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Post-COVID syndrome (PCS) is a frequent condition with an incidence of 7.8-10.6 per 100 unvaccinated and 3.5-5.3 events per 100 vaccinated persons. Cognitive and motor fatigue are common clinical manifestations, limiting patients' occupational, educational, and social activities severely. Objective: This study aimed to develop a diary to keep record of daily changes in energy levels of patients with PCS to adapt their rehabilitation program. Material and methods: We conducted a prospective observational study at two German rehabilitation centers in a codesign approach with repeated feedback loops. Daily energy changes were analyzed and validated using the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 (MFI-20). Results: The final diary revealed that morning and evening energy levels of patients with PCS differed significantly, with 49.6 ± 18.6% and 33.4 ± 19.7%, respectively ( Discussion/conclusion: This diary is a valid and user-friendly tool to detect and control the effects of daily therapy during the rehabilitation of patients with PCS. It will facilitate individual planning and adaptation of therapies in PCS and other fatigue groups and may help to implement an effective relation of exercise load to load capacity (pacing) for optimal coping with the disease and an improved handling of daily activities in patients' lives. Clinical Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov, identifier (NCT06883500).
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