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Protecting Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak

NCT04387643 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2020-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

Interventions

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samta Ayurveda Prakoshtha, India

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Aarogyam UK

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neha Sharma · British Ayurvedic Medical Council (UK)

  • Jaydeep Joshi · Aarogyam UK

  • Parashar Sharma · Samta Ayurveda Prakoshtha, India

  • Sahil Singhal · Samta Ayurveda Prakoshtha, India

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2020-04-02
Completion
2020-04-02

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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