A Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Feasibility and Efficacy of an Online Resilience Intervention in the General Population ("resiLIR Basic")
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Resilience
- Sponsor
- Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung (LIR) gGmbH
- Enrollment
- 244
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change of Resilience measured with stressor reactivity score (Kalisch et al., 2015, 2021)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the developed online resilience intervention "resiLIR Basic" for the general population.
Participants will receive a 6-week online intervention addressing resilience and stress as well as different resilience factors. The main question is whether the intervention is effective in increasing psychological resilience.
Detailed Description
Background: Acute and chronic stress in everyday life plays an essential role in the onset and development of several physical and mental health conditions. The ability to maintain or return to mental health during stress exposure is characterized as resilience. Especially the COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the role of resilience for mental health and pointed to the importance of easily accessible and flexible interventions to improve resilience in the general population. Objectives: The aim of the study therefore is to examine the feasibility and efficacy of a newly developed online intervention to foster resilience in the general population. Methods: In a waitlist control design, 240 adults will participate in the 6-week resilience intervention "resiLIR Basic". This online intervention consists of 8 modules of about 45-60 minutes length using psycho-educational elements and practical exercises to address evidence-based resilience factors, such as optimism or sense of coherence. Participants will complete online surveys on resilience, mental health, and several resilience factors pre-, during and post-intervention as well as 3, 6 and 12 months after completion as follow-up assessments. Implications: The study will contribute to an evidence-based and easily accessible supply of resilience interventions supporting health promotion and stress prevention in the general population.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 18 years or older
- •Fluent in German language
- •Have access to an internet-enabled device with a large screen (tablet / laptop / computer).
- •as well as that they can use at least once a week for 45 min to 1.5 hours during the study period
Exclusion Criteria
- •Acute mental health crisis (e.g., suicidality)
- •Psychiatric/psychotherapeutic treatment
- •Neurodegenerative disease(s)
- •Diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change of Resilience measured with stressor reactivity score (Kalisch et al., 2015, 2021)
Time Frame: baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up)
Stressor reactivity score (Kalisch et al., 2015, 2021): Stressor reactivity can be approximated by relating self-reported mental-health problems to the corresponding stressor exposure within the same timeframe (for scales for mental health problems and stressor exposure, see secondary outcomes). The stressor reactivity (SR) score will be computed as an individual score against normal stressor reactivity (see Kalisch et al., 2021), where normal stressor reactivity is the regression line of average mental health problems against average stressor exposure across all time points in the trial population and one's individual SR score at any time point is the distance to the regression line. The inverse of the SR score is considered an approximative index of outcome-based resilience. Therefore, a lower SR score indicates higher resilience. Change calculated between time points named in time frame, for details, see statistical analysis plan.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change of Optimism measured with Optimism-Pessimism-Scale (SOP-2; Kemper et al., 2014)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Anxiety measured with Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; Löwe et al., 2002)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Meaning and Purpose measured by Subscale of Comprehensive Inventory of Thriving (CIT; Hausler et al., 2017)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Perceived Stress measured with Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-2+2; Schäfer et al., in preparation)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Resilience as measured by the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS; Chmitorz et al., 2018)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Mindfulness measured with Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS-Short; Höfling et al., 2011)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Sense of Coherence measured by Sense of Coherence Scale-29 (SOC-29; Singer et al., 2007)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Positive Reappraisal measured with Subscale of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Loch et al., 2011)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Acceptance measured with Subscale of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ; Loch et al., 2011)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Depression measured with Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; Löwe et al., 2002)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Well-being measured with WHO-5 Well-Being Index (Brähler et al., 2007)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Self-Efficacy measured with German Version of Self-Efficacy Short Scale (ASKU; Beierlein et al., 2014)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Positive Appraisal Style (procedural aspects) measured with Positive Appraisal Style Content (PASS-process; no publication, pre-version in Petri-Romao et al., 2021)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Mental Health measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12; Schrnitz et al., 1999)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Self Compassion measured with Self-Compassion Scale Deutsch (SCS-D; Hupfeld & Ruffieux, 2011)(baseline (pre), 3-4 weeks (intermediate), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Positive Affect measured with Subscale of Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS; Breyer & Bluemke, 2016)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Functioning measured with World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0; Üstün et al., 2010)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Positive Appraisal Style (content aspects) measured with Positive Appraisal Style Content (PASS-content; no publication, pre-version in Petri-Romao et al., 2021)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Social Support measured with Oslo Social Support Scale (OSS-3; Kocalevent et al., 2018)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Coping Flexibility measured with Coping Flexibility Questionnaire Revised (CFQ-R; Kato, 2020)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Relationship to Intervention (only intervention group) measured with Mobile Agnew Relationship Measure (mARM; von Wulffen et al., 2022):(6-8 weeks (post))
- Change of Internal and External Locus of Control measured with Internal-External Locus of Control Short Scale-4 (IE-4; Kovaleva et al., 2014)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Coping measured with Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE; Knoll et al., 2005)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Change of Satisfaction with Life measured with Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Janke & Glöckner-Rist, 2012)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))
- Satisfaction with Intervention (only intervention group) measured with Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-Intervention (CSQ-I; Boß et al., 2016)(6-8 weeks (post))
- Adverse effects (only intervention group) measured with Inventory of Negative Effects of Psychotherapy for Online-Interventions (INEP-ON; Ladwig et al., 2014)(6-8 weeks (post))
- Change of Self-Esteem German Single-Item Self-Esteem Scale (G-SISE; Brailovskaia & Margraf, 2020)(baseline (pre), 6-8 weeks (post), 3 months (first follow-up), 6 months (second follow-up), 12 months (third follow-up))