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postcovid19 syndrome pcs also known long covid relatively novel disease comprising physical psychological cognitive complaints persisting several weeks months acute infection sarscov2 approximately 10 patients covid19 affected longterm symptoms however effective treatment strategies lacking ergoloco occupational therapy ergotherapie long covid study designed develop evaluate novel occupational therapy ot concept online delivery therapy long covid primary study objective assess feasibility online ot intervention pcs secondary aims include evaluation online ot concerning cognitive problems occupational performance social participation randomized controlled interventional pilot study involves parallel mixed methods process analyses realist evaluation approach total 80 clients pcs aged least 16 years recruited two interventional groups control cohort watch wait comprises 80 clients long covid treatment provided teletherapy n40 delivery prerecorded videos n40 using standardized ot concept twice weekly 12 weeks analyses quantitative questionnaires qualitative interviews based theoretical framework acceptability performed assess feasibility focus group meetings used assess acceptable helpful intervention participating occupational therapists standardized tests used assess initial efficacy intervention neurocognitive performance limitations mobility selfcare everyday activities pain disabilities quality life qol social participation anxiety depression pcs possible effects online ot complaints german ministry education research provided funding research march 2022 data collection took place october 2022 august 31 2023 data analysis completed end april 2024 anticipate publishing results fall 2024 despite enormous clinical need effective scalable treatment options ot clients pcs remain scarce ergoloco study assess whether onlinedelivered ot feasible treatment approach pcs furthermore study assess effect intervention cognitive symptoms qol occupational performance participation everyday life particular emphasis placed experiences clients occupational therapists digitally delivered ot study pave way novel effective treatment strategies pcs german clinical trial registry drks00029990 httpsdrksdesearchdetrialdrks00029990 prr110219650230