Coping Strategies and Responsiveness to a Brief Online Intervention During COVID-19 Pandemic

University of Parma

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior, Social; Autonomic Imbalance

Treatments: Other: Deep Breathing training; Other: Compassion focused intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04382560

ESPCOV1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study investigates the efficacy of a brief and cost-effective video-intervention that combines bottom-up elements of deep breathing and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy techniques (i.e., mindfulness and compassion) on coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being healthy
• Previous participation (maximum elapsed time: 2.0 years) in a study conducted by the same research group and incorporating cardiac autonomic assessment at rest

Exclusion criteria

• Self-reported development of cardiovascular disease since previous assessment
• Use of psychotropic medications or medications affecting the autonomic nervous system

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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69 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will receive a Deep Breathing Training and a Compassion Intervention. Deep Breathing Training and Compassion Intervention will be administered once, on two consecutive days, and will last for 30 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Deep Breathing training

Other: Compassion focused intervention

Wait-list control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The waiting list group will receive the intervention at the end of the study.