Protecting Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Covid-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Protecting Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak:Qualitative Study of AYUSH Initiative

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04387643
• Other study ID #: AU/SA/01
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 2, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Aarogyam UK
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Preparing to deal with Covid-19 outbreak in Rajasthan, India, health care workers were given Ayurvedic Kadha (combination of ayurvedic herbal extracts) starting from the end of February 2020. Then, majority of these health care workers were put on front line managing screening, monitoring, quarantine and treating Covid 19 patients. This real-life study aimed to determine the experience of health care workers who had Ayurveda kadha before starting as front-line workers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: April 2, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: April 2, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health care workers posted in Covid-19 duties at front line

• Health workers who had Ayurveda herbs combination over for at least 10-days

Exclusion Criteria:

• No willing to consent

• inability to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Covid-19

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Ayurvedic Kadha
Kadha (also called Kwath and Kashaya) is a type of ayurvedic formulation prepared by boiling herbs in water. Water and herbs are main ingredients of these preparations. The preparation of Kadha uses dry herbs, which are dried under the sun or in the shade, as directed for the individual herb. Then, the herbs are pounded to form a coarse powder

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	Samta Ayurveda Prakoshtha	Jaipur	Rajasthan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aarogyam UK	Samta Ayurveda Prakoshtha, India

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical Health	Self-reported health issues	From baseline to 30-days
Primary	Psychological Health	Self-reported psychological issues	From baseline to 30-days
Secondary	Coping with distress	Self-reported coping with high demanding work in Covid-19 duties	From baseline to 30-days
Secondary	Self-Help	Self reported self-help measures used	From baseline to 30-days