About this trial
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)).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age: Aged 18 years or older at the time of enrolment.
Registration: Are registered as patients at the study's participating practices.
Previously received a positive COVID-19 PCR or antigen test, or
Previously been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19 by a healthcare provider.
Disqualifiers
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).
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Intervention Group
Treatment groups
Locations
Sponsors and collaborators
University College Dublin
Lead sponsor
HRB Primary Care Clinical Trials Network Ireland
Collaborator
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Collaborator
Irish College of General Practitioners
Collaborator
St Vincent's University Hospital, Ireland
Collaborator
Health Services Executive, Ireland
Collaborator
South East Technological University, Ireland
Collaborator
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (NRH)
Collaborator