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Study aim:
The effect of almond porridge, grape juice and chickpea juice on weakness and duration of hospitalization and clinical symptoms due to covid 19
Design:
This is a single-center double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial with 160 (80 in each group) participants.
Settings and conduct:
patients with Covid-19 that are hospitalized at AJA hospital will be randomized into treatment and placebo groups and will be assessed at baseline and 3-months and 6-months visits. The primary investigator of the study, who will not be involved in diagnosis and follow-up, will carry out the randomization and allocation using permuted block randomization with blocks of size 4. Treatment allocations will be concealed using opaque envelopes.
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria:
Inclusion criteria: 1) age between 18 and 65 years 2) Positive PCR test and lung involvement on CXR and positive clinical signs 3) Candidate for inpatient treatment
Exclusion criteria: 1) Respiratory distress 2) Hospitalization in the intensive care unit or tracheal intubation
Intervention groups:
Both study and control groups will receive the same food and covid-19 treatments (standard hospital regimen).
During the hospital stay, in addition to the standard hospital regimen, we give the patient a mixture of almond porridge and grape juice between meals at 10 o'clock during the hospital stay. We also give chickpea juice to the patient in the 4 o'clock snack.
Main outcome variables:
Hospital stay
The Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) for the assessment of fatigue severity
SF-36 questionnaire for the assessment of the quality of life