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Expressive writing for the reduction of psychological difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic

Effectiveness of an expressive writing intervention in the reduction of psychological difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17898730
Enrollment
150
Registered
2020-04-23
Start date
2020-04-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-12-07

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Conditions

Depression, anxiety, and stress-related difficulties Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

The participants are randomized across experimental and control groups and blinded for group allocation. Following recruitment, the researcher who was blind to participants identities

Sponsors

Psychosocial Innovation Network
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Over 18 years of age 2. Native, or fluent in Serbian 3. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. A physical or mental disability, severe mental illness 2. No access to the internet and personal computer/mobile device

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Severity of psychological difficulties assessed by DASS 21 - depression, anxiety and stress scale, short version at pre-test and post-test (2 weeks)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
At pre-test and post-test (2 weeks): 1. Severity of depression-related psychological difficulties, assessed by DASS 21 depression subscale 2. Severity of anxiety-related psychological difficulties is assessed by DASS 21 anxiety subscale 3. Severity of stress-related psychological difficulties is assessed by DASS 21 stress subscale 4. Well-being, assessed by the WHO wellbeing index 5. Subjective perception of capacities for handling situations related to pandemic and state of emergency, assessed by a single item 6. Subjective perception of the quality of life, measured by SQOL, the mean score of the 12 satisfaction items from Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA)

Countries

Serbia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026