Evaluating the Feasibility, Acceptance, and Beneficial Effects of Online Occupational Therapy for Post–COVID-19 Condition: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (ErgoLoCo Study)

Christina Müllenmeister   ^{1 *} , MSc OT ;   Andrea Stoelting   ^{2 *} , MD ;   Dominik Schröder   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Tim Schmachtenberg   ^{1, 2} , Dr ;   Simon Ritter   ^{3, 4} , BSc ;   Iman El-Sayed   ¹ , MA ;   Sandra Steffens   ² , Prof Dr ;   Frank Klawonn   ^{5, 6} , Prof Dr ;   Sandra Klawitter   ⁵ , Msc ;   Stefanie Homann   ² , Dipl Psych ;   Marie Mikuteit   ^{2, 7} , Dr med ;   Christoph Berg   ⁸ , Prof Dr ;   Georg Behrens   ^{2, 9} , Prof Dr Med ;   Eva Hummers   ¹ , Prof Dr Med ;   Aisha Cook   ¹⁰ , BSc OT ;   Frank Müller   ^{1, 11} , MSc, Dr med, PD ;   Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka   ^{2, 4 *} , Prof Dr Med ;   Christine Happle   ^{2, 4, 12 *} , MHBA, Prof Dr

¹ Department of General Practice, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

² Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

³ Department of Pediatric Pulmology, Allergology and Neoantology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

⁴ RESIST Cluster of Excellence, Hannover, Germany

⁵ Department of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbuettel, Germany

⁶ Biostatistics Research Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

⁷ Department of Dermatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

⁸ FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, Hannover, Germany

⁹ German Center for Infection Research, partner site Hannover-Brunswick, Hannover, Germany

¹⁰ Timmcook Occupational Therapy Center, Hannover, Germany

¹¹ Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

¹² Biomedical Research in End-stage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover, German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany

*these authors contributed equally