Effects of rehabilitation interventions for old adults with long COVID: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Publication date: Sep 06, 2024

There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of the existing rehabilitation interventions for old adults with long coronavirus disease (COVID), which is of particular concern among old adults. We systematically searched studies published in PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases from their inception to 15 November 2023. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) compared rehabilitation interventions with other controls in old adults (mean/median age of 60 or older) with long COVID were included. We performed a meta-analysis to compare the effects of the rehabilitation interventions with the common control group. Mean difference (MD) or standardised mean difference (SMD) with its 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used as summary statistics. Moreover, subgroup analyses based on the intervention programmes, the severity of acute infection, and the age of participants were carried out. A total of 11 RCTs involving 832 participants (64. 37 +/- 7. 94 years, 52. 2% were men) were included in the analysis. Compared with the control groups, rehabilitation interventions significantly improved 6-minute walking test (6 MWT; MD = 15. 77 metres (m), 95% CI = 5. 40, 26. 13, P 

Concepts Keywords
Coronavirus Aged
Library COVID-19
November Humans
Pubmed Middle Aged
Systematic Quality of Life
SARS-CoV-2

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH long COVID
pathway KEGG Coronavirus disease
disease IDO intervention
disease IDO acute infection
disease MESH COVID-19
disease IDO quality

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