ROCO - Self-help for People With Psychological Distress Due to the Covid-19 Situation

  • STATUS
    Recruiting
  • participants needed
    80
  • sponsor
    University of Bern
Updated on 19 February 2024
psychological stress
covid-19

Summary

As part of the ROCO project, the University of Bern is investigating an online self-help program for people who are psychologically distressed due to the situation surrounding Covid-19. The ROCO program offers support in overcoming this psychological distress. ROCO stands for a 3-week online self-help program comprising 6 modules.

The aim of the study is to investigate the efficacy of an online self-help intervention for people with psychological distress due to the situation surrounding Covid-19. All participants will be randomized to one of two groups: The first group receives direct access to the online self-help intervention and the second group is a waiting control group that receives access to the program 3 weeks later. In both conditions additional care or treatment is allowed.

There are 4 assessments, which all take place online: baseline, post assessment (after 3 weeks) and two follow-up assessments (after 6 and 18 weeks). All participants from both groups are asked to fill out all assessments.

Details
Condition Coping Behavior, Coronavirus, Psychological Distress
Age 18years - 100years
Treatment Internet-based self-help, Internet-based self-help after 3 weeks
Clinical Study IdentifierNCT04380909
SponsorUniversity of Bern
Last Modified on19 February 2024

Eligibility

Yes No Not Sure

Inclusion Criteria

Be at least 18 years old
Give a declaration of consent to participate in the study
Have access to the internet
Understand and master the German language to the degree that they understand the contents and instructions of the study
Exceed a cut-off value of 4 points on the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Lwe, Spitzer, Zipfel, & Herzog, 2002)
Be able to specify an emergency address in the event of an acute crisis

Exclusion Criteria

Suicidal tendencies (SBQ-R Score 8)
Existence of a known diagnosis of a psychotic or bipolar disorder
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