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Optimising General Practice Long COVID Care - an Educational Intervention.

No phase Interventional Long COVID

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Intervention Group.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Long COVID. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
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Official title

Optimising General Practice Long COVID Care - Feasibility Trial of a Pilot Educational Intervention.

Overview

This trial will evaluate the feasibility of a pilot educational intervention for GPs that aims to enhance care and care outcomes among patients with long COVID at six general practices in the Ireland East region. Our first objective is to conduct focus groups with key stakeholders (GPs, other health professionals, patients, families/carers) that will inform the contents of an education intervention. The second objective will be to implement this educational intervention, and the third objective will be to determine whether the intervention is feasible. Study outcomes will include: * Qualitative findings from co-design focus groups and post-intervention semi-structured interviews with GPs. * Practice and patient study recruitment and retention data. * GP / Practice characteristics: age \& gender, practice location, general and COVID-19 patient population figures. * Patient characteristics: Patient age, gender, COVID-19 vaccination status, and medical history details. * Patient scores on a self-report measure assessing the symptoms, symptom severity, functional impact, and overall health (COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale (C-19-YRS)).

Interventions

  • Behavioral Intervention Group
    Intervention group activity involves three components: 1. Intervention group GPs will be provided with a long COVID 'toolkit'. The toolkit will be prepared by the study team in collaboration with expert clinicians and public and patient representatives as a resource for GPs to use in patient care. 2. GPs will attend an expert clinician / patient led long COVID educational session grounded in the findings of the toolkit. 3. Applying learnings to date, each GP will conduct case reviews of eight p

Primary outcome measures

  • Qualitative data from focus groups and post-intervention interviews [Time frame: Focus groups (4 weeks), post intervention interviews (4 weeks).]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
  • Study engagement data [Time frame: 12 weeks]
  • GP and patient demographics / medical details [Time frame: 4 weeks]
  • Patients'scores on the COVID-19-YRS [Time frame: 6 weeks]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Age: Aged 18 years or older at the time of enrolment.
  • Registration: Are registered as patients at the study's participating practices.
  • COVID-19 Diagnosis:
  • Previously received a positive COVID-19 PCR or antigen test, or
  • Previously been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19 by a healthcare provider.
  • Persistent Symptoms:

o Have spoken with their general practitioner (GP) about experiencing persistent symptoms lasting four weeks or more since their COVID-19 diagnosis.

  • Consent: Willing and able to provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

1\. Vulnerability: Deemed by participating GPs to be a vulnerable individual whose best interests are served by not participating in the study, such as (but not limited to):

  • People with language difficulties that prevent meaningful communication.
  • Individuals with a recognised or diagnosed intellectual, physical, or mental impairment.
  • Older adults considered particularly vulnerable.
  • Individuals residing in institutions (e.g., care homes or prisons).
  • Individuals with an unequal relationship with the researcher(s) (e.g., hierarchical dependence).
  • Members of marginalised or disadvantaged groups for whom participation may present undue burden or risk.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Health services research

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06765421 · R27255

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗