Adjustment, Psychological, Coronavirus, Psychological Distress
Conditions
Brief summary
As part of the ROCO project, the University of Bern is investigating an online self-help program for people who are psychologically distressed due to the situation surrounding Covid-19. The ROCO program offers support in overcoming this psychological distress. ROCO stands for a 3-week online self-help program comprising 6 modules. The aim of the study is to investigate the efficacy of an online self-help intervention for people with psychological distress due to the situation surrounding Covid-19. All participants will be randomized to one of two groups: The first group receives direct access to the online self-help intervention and the second group is a waiting control group that receives access to the program 3 weeks later. In both conditions additional care or treatment is allowed. There are 4 assessments, which all take place online: baseline, post assessment (after 3 weeks) and two follow-up assessments (after 6 and 18 weeks). All participants from both groups are asked to fill out all assessments.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALInternet-based self-help
Six cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and acceptance commitment based modules focusing on different aspects of psychological distress due to the Covid-19 situation.
BEHAVIORALInternet-based self-help after 3 weeks
Six cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and acceptance commitment based modules focusing on different aspects of psychological distress due to the Covid-19 situation.
Sponsors
University of Bern
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Be at least 18 years old * Give a declaration of consent to participate in the study * Have access to the internet * Understand and master the German language to the degree that they understand the contents and instructions of the study * Exceed a cut-off value of 4 points on the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Löwe, Spitzer, Zipfel, & Herzog, 2002) * Be able to specify an emergency address in the event of an acute crisis
Exclusion criteria
* Suicidal tendencies (SBQ-R Score ≥ 8) * Existence of a known diagnosis of a psychotic or bipolar disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Health Questionnaire (Löwe et al., 2002) | up to 18 weeks | 9-item questionnaire assessing depressive symptoms |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DASS-21: Depression, Angst, Stress-Skala (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) | up to 18 weeks | 21-item questionnaire assessing depression, anxiety and stress symptoms |
| SF-12: Short Form Health Survey (Ware et al., 1996) | up to 18 weeks | 12-item questionnaire assessing various aspects of well-being |
| LOT-R: Revised Life Orientation Test (Herzberg et al., 2006) | up to 18 weeks | 10-item questionnaire assessing optimism and pessimism |
| Berner Verbitterungsinventar Kurzversion (Znoj, 2008) | up to 18 weeks | 6-item questionnaire assessing embitterment |
| Emotion regulation skills SEK-27 (Berking & Znoj, 2008) | up to 18 weeks | 27-item questionnaire assessing emotion regulation skills |
| Suicide Behavior Questionnaire Revised (Glaesmer et al., 2018) | up to 18 weeks | 4-item questionnaire assessing suicidal ideation |
| UCLA Loneliness Scale (Döring & Bortz, 1993) | up to 18 weeks | 9-item questionnaire assessing loneliness |
| Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Sarubin et al., 2015) | up to 18 weeks | 10-item questionnaire assessing resilience |
| ZUF-8: Zufriedenheitsfragebogen (Attkisson & Zwick, 1982) | at 3 weeks for experimental group and at 6 weeks for waiting control group | 8-item questionnaire assessing content with an online-program |
| SUS: System Usability Scale (Brooke, 1996) | at 3 weeks for experimental group and at 6 weeks for waiting control group | 10-item questionnaire assessing usability of an online-program |
| SWE: Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeit (Jerusalem & Schwarzer, 2003) | up to 18 weeks | 10-item questionnaire assessing general self-efficacy |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed