HOPE Intervention for COVID-19

University of California Irvine (UCI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19 Vaccination

Treatments: Behavioral: HOPE intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04376515

400

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Harnessing Online Peer Education COVID-19 (HOPE COVID-19) intervention will assess whether a peer-led online support community can improve behavioral health outcomes related to COVID-19.

Full description

The Harnessing Online Peer Education COVID-19 (HOPE COVID-19) intervention will assess whether a peer-led online support community can improve behavioral health outcomes related to COVID-19. Participants in the intervention group will be assigned to peer leaders trained in the HOPE intervention methods.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. 18-30 years old
2. English speakers only
3. U.S. Resident
4. Part of phase 1a or 1b of COVID-19 vaccine rollout (Healthcare personnel, education, and frontline essential workers, verified through LinkedIn profile)
5. Uses social media and/or online communities greater than twice per week
6. Has, or is willing to accept a friend request and group invite from our Facebook social media page
7. Have not received a COVID-19 vaccine and do not have medical conditions or other circumstances preventing them from receiving one

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

HOPE Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

HOPE peer-led intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: HOPE intervention

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group- online community without peer leaders