An observational study in Long COVID and Experience, Life, sponsored by Corporacion Parc Tauli. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-13.
Sponsored by Corporacion Parc Tauli · Observational
Background: One in ten people infected with COVID-19 presents persistent COVID, which consists of the presence of symptoms three months after the acute manifestations of COVID-19 and their persistence for at least two months, without being explained by an alternative diagnosis. The characteristics and clinical approach to persistent COVID syndrome are fairly well known, but not what the experience of people with persistent COVID is in relation to their daily life, their work life, and their experience with the healthcare received. Objective: to understand the experience of patients with persistent COVID in relation to the disease, the health care received and re-entry into the world of work
Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study, based on individual interviews. The study protocol will be registered in Clinicaltrials.gov. People with persistent COVID treated at the Parc Taulí Hospital will be included. Sampling will be by convenience, purposive and snowball and the sample size will be determined by data saturation. Semi-structured individual or group interviews will be conducted and the data will be analyzed following a reflective thematic analysis (Brawn and Clarke). The preliminary report will be triangulated with some participants and with the results obtained from a scoping review carried out by the research team.
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This study's enrollment of 25 is below the median of 160 across 141 observational studies indexed under Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome.
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Patients treated at the Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, a hospital with a reference population of 400,000 urban people and 4,500 workers.
Exclusion Criteria:
-people who do not understand or can communicate in Catalan or Spanish.
Women and men diagnosed with persistent COVID according to WHO (World HEalth Organization) criteria: persistent symptoms three months after the acute manifestations of COVID-19 and lasting at least two months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.
Experience of the disease
How is living with LongCOVID. Assessed through semi-structured interviews.
Time frame: Up to three years
Experience with healthcare received
How is the experience of patients with the healthcare received for their condition. Assessed through semi-structured interviews.
Time frame: Up to three years
Experience with return to work
What were the barriers and facilitators for returning to work after the disease. Assessed through semi-structures interviews.
Time frame: Up to three years
Plan to share: No
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