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Brough, Nicola, Abel, Sally and Priddle, Lucy (2022) A service evaluation of a community project combining psychoeducation and mind-body complementary approaches to support those with long covid in the UK. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 55 . 102182. doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102182 ISSN 1876-3820.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102182
Abstract
Post covid-19 syndrome or Long Covid has been estimated to impact 1.3 million individuals in the UK. This study evaluates the outcomes of delivering a complementary Long Covid support service using psycho-educational and mind-body approaches within a community setting. This study utilised quantitative methods to evaluate the outcomes of implementing a complementary approach to providing Long Covid support. The service offered a package of care including group sessions combining psychoeducation and mind-body complementary approaches and optional 1:2:1 sessions (physiotherapy and craniosacral therapy (CST)). Screening for the service and health information was obtained using the Covid-19-Yorkshire Rehabilitation Screening tool (C-19 YRS). The impact of the service was assessed using the patient reported outcome measure: Warwick Holistic Health Questionnaire (WHHQ-18), and a survey was designed for general evaluation and feedback about the service from participants. 25 participants engaged with the service. The C-19YRS proved to be a useful tool to screen service users. The WHHQ-18 highlighted a positive group change ( = 16) in participants' mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing: mean group score at the start = 33.7 (SD=12.5), mean group score at the follow up = 39.5 (SD=10.8). In the feedback from the service evaluation, participants reported that the service was useful in supporting them with their health challenges resulting from Long Covid and was delivered to the standard expected. In conclusion the psycho-educational and mind-body complementary approaches used within this service were well received and the measures used to evaluate were suitable for a service delivered within a community setting.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 (Disease) -- Complications, COVID-19 (Disease) -- Etiology, Patient education, Integrative medicine , Alternative medicine , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Complications -- Alternative treatment | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Integrative Medicine | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Urban und Fischer Verlag | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1876-3820 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | October 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 55 | ||||||||
| Article Number: | 102182 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102182 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 November 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 November 2022 | ||||||||
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