Improving Health Status in COVID-19 Long-Hauler

Improving Health Status in COVID-19 Long-Hauler Through an Activity Coaching Programme: a Randomized Control Trial

This randomized clinical trial investigates the effects of a distance physical activity coaching program on the health of COVID-19 long-hauler. The study evaluates the impact of individualized coaching interventions to improve participants' physical activity and quality of life.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients of both sexes.
• Agreed to participate.
• Post COVID-19 condition patients meeting the WHO definition for this disease.
• Sedentary patients according to the cut-off point of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, vascular, or orthopaedic pathologies that could limit the execution of the evaluation and intervention.
• Cognitive impairment that prevented them from understanding and answering the questionnaires.
• Patients suffering from a reinfection with SARS-CoV-2.
• Patients with a history of severe or critical COVID-19 disease severity.
• Patients participating in other studies.