Developing an Adaptive Intervention for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support of Health Workers in the Philippines under COVID-19 Pandemic using the Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART)

Developing an Adaptive Intervention for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support of Health Workers in the Philippines under COVID-19 Pandemic using the Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART) - Development of mental health support for COVID-19 healthcare professionals in the Philippines

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000042807

Enrollment

373

Registered

2020-12-23

Start date

2020-12-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Depression and anxiety

Interventions

Psychological counseling and stress management training are provided to the high-risk group. In the first intervention phase, participants are randomly assigned to either two PCs or a combination o

those who do not respond to both PFA and SMT will be randomly assigned to receive the treatment they did not receive or a combination of both for 2-3 weeks. The third assessment is done 6 weeks after

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Health care workers at the institution. (From the WHO definition, healthcare workers here are everyone who works at the facility.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Those who do not wish to participate in this study. (2) Those who are currently undergoing treatment for mental illness.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Depression: Patient Health Questionnaire 9(PHQ-9) Anxiety: General Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)	—

Countries

Asia(except Japan)

Contacts

Public ContactYasuko Shinozaki

Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Department of Virology

yasuko.shinozaki.a1@tohoku.ac.jp022-717-8213

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026