Balneotherapy for Patients With Post-acute Coronavirus Disease (COVID) Syndrome
Post-COVID-19 Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Post-COVID-19 Syndrome focused on measuring Balneotherapy, Post-COVID-19 syndrome, Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Individuals ≥18 years old with a post-acute COVID-19 syndrome diagnosis provided by a physician. Exclusion Criteria: Patients with preexisting disorders to the acute SARS-CoV-2 infection that displayed an important clinical overlap with PACS i.e., fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, and generalized anxiety disorder and/or depression that required pharmacological treatment. Patients with chronic debilitating conditions that required active treatment were also excluded i.e. cancer, chronic viral infections, systemic autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, uncontrolled endocrine disorders, etc. Patients with fear of water, incontinence, severe venous insufficiency, physical disabilities that hindered performance of balneotherapy/aquatic exercises, and those who reported a tendency for symptomatic low blood pressure were also excluded.
Sites / Locations
- Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Balneotherapy group
Control group
The patients allocated to the Balneotherapy group were subject to 3 weekly sessions of Balneotherapy together with an structured program of aquatic exercises on alternate days in groups of 8 during 4 weeks. The weekly planning was structured as following: st day: Pool, shower, inhalation and aquatic exercises nd day: Pool, shower, inhalation. rd day: Pool, shower, inhalation and aquatic exercises
Patients from the control group were instructed to not participate in any BT-related activity during the duration of the study and to continue with usual care and activities