ROCO - Self-help for People With Psychological Distress Due to the Covid-19 Situation
- Conditions
- Adjustment, PsychologicalCoronavirusPsychological Distress
- Registration Number
- NCT04380909
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Bern
- 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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 107
- 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
- Suicidal tendencies (SBQ-R Score ≥ 8)
- Existence of a known diagnosis of a psychotic or bipolar disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Patient Health Questionnaire (Löwe et al., 2002) up to 18 weeks 9-item questionnaire assessing depressive symptoms
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method DASS-21: Depression, Angst, Stress-Skala (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) up to 18 weeks 21-item questionnaire assessing depression, anxiety and stress symptoms
UCLA Loneliness Scale (Döring & Bortz, 1993) up to 18 weeks 9-item questionnaire assessing loneliness
Suicide Behavior Questionnaire Revised (Glaesmer et al., 2018) up to 18 weeks 4-item questionnaire assessing suicidal ideation
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
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
SWE: Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeit (Jerusalem & Schwarzer, 2003) up to 18 weeks 10-item questionnaire assessing general self-efficacy
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Sarubin et al., 2015) up to 18 weeks 10-item questionnaire assessing resilience
SF-12: Short Form Health Survey (Ware et al., 1996) up to 18 weeks 12-item questionnaire assessing various aspects of well-being
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
Emotion regulation skills SEK-27 (Berking & Znoj, 2008) up to 18 weeks 27-item questionnaire assessing emotion regulation skills
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Universität Bern
🇨🇭Bern, Switzerland
Universität Bern🇨🇭Bern, Switzerland