Effect Psychological Triaging Intervention on Students' Psychological Distress and Resilience Capacity

Alexandria University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resilience; Psychological Distress

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychological Triaging Intervention; Behavioral: Routine psychological support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04822285

1522112020

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the psychological triaging intervention (PTI) on the psychological distress and resilience capacity levels among the intern-nursing students during the COVID-19 crisis.

Research Hypothesis

Intern-nursing students who attend PTI exhibit lower COVID-19 related psychological distress level and higher resilience capacity than those who receive routine psychological support.

Full description

The intern-nursing students' psychological well-being and resilience are of indispensable significance during these unprecedented days. 64 Intern-nursing students. Sixty-four intern-nursing students who completed a preliminary survey and demonstrated both high level of psychological distress and low resilience capacity as a result of their exposure to patients with COVID-19 during their internship period were randomly assigned to two equal groups and the study group were engaged in the PTI intervention which followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model.

The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition& follow up).

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Exposed to patients with COVID-19

Exclusion criteria

• Did not exposed to patients with COVID-19

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Psychological Triaging Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly\& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition\& follow up).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychological Triaging Intervention

Routine Psychological support

Active Comparator group

Description:

For the comparison group, the researchers provided them with routine psychological support that mainly revolved around enhancing their self-compassion, practicing mindfulness exercises, keeping them socially connected with their family and peers. Moreover, adopt a healthy lifestyle such as; engage in physical activity, eating a well-balanced diet, and sleeping well.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Routine psychological support