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

ABSTRACT:

Background

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.

Methods

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

SUBMITTER: Deng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377967 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature