Effect of an Online Self-help Psychological Intervention on Non-ICU Specialty Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Zhejiang University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Staff Attitude; SARS-CoV-2 Infection; Mental Health Issue; Anxiety

Treatments: Procedure: Online-based self-help psychological intervention; Procedure: Provide online mental health knowledge

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05713305

2023-0023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Timely interventions may reduce the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in ICU medical staff. Existing research suggests that either self-learning psychological relief methods or seeking online counseling or therapy from professional psychotherapists during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron outbreak has the potential to alleviate the emotional distress and promote the physical and mental health of health care workers. Web-based online mental health interventions complemented by joint effective mental health advice can further reduce harmful negative effects.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age 18 years or older
2. Non-ICU professional staff providing direct health care services to critically ill SARS-CoV-2 Omicron patients in the ICU
3. Signing the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

1. No reported acute suicidal tendencies
2. No history of psychotic or dissociative symptoms
3. Pregnancy or lactation
4. Major family changes within the last 12 weeks( For e.g. death of immediate family member)
5. Participated in other clinical trials

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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110 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Daily members of the intervention group were thought to provide three different forms of daily sessions each day, averaging 10-20 minutes. These sessions included psycho-educational and cognitive-behavioral exercises, music therapy, sleep hygiene, stress relief methods. Weekly online lecture sessions presented by professional mental health therapists. In-depth interviews are conducted both before and after the experiment to explore the feasibility of the intervention

Treatment:

Procedure: Online-based self-help psychological intervention

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

They will receive official mental health recommendations on how to cope mentally with the pandemic. These recommendations inform about the importance of a daily structure, social contact, acceptance of negative emotions and strengthening of positive emotions, and stimulus control to assimilate SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-related news. In-depth interviews are conducted both before and after the experiment to explore the feasibility of the intervention

Treatment:

Procedure: Provide online mental health knowledge