Effect of a mobile-based intervention on mental health in frontline healthcare workers against COVID-19: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Por:
Serrano-Ripoll, MJ, Ricci-Cabello, I, Jimenez, R, Zamanillo-Campos, R, Yanez-Juan, AM, Bennasar-Veny, M, Sitges, C, Gervilla, E, Leiva, A, Garcia-Campayo, J, Garcia-Buades, ME, Garcia-Toro, M, Pastor-Moreno, G, Ruiz-Perez, I, Alonso-Coello, P, Llobera, J, Fiol-deRoque, MA
Publicada:
1 jun 2021
Ahead of Print:
1 mar 2021
Resumen:
Aim To evaluate the impact of a psychoeducational, mobile health intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based approaches on the mental health of healthcare workers at the frontline against COVID-19 in Spain.
Design We will carry out a two-week, individually randomized, parallel group, controlled trial. Participants will be individually randomized to receive the PsyCovidApp intervention or control App intervention.
Methods The PsyCovidApp intervention will include five modules: emotional skills, lifestyle behaviour, work stress and burnout, social support, and practical tools. Healthcare workers having attended patients with COVID-19 will be randomized to receive the PsyCovidApp intervention (intervention group) or a control App intervention (control group). A total of 440 healthcare workers will be necessary to assure statistical power. Measures will be collected telephonically by a team of psychologists at baseline and immediately after the 2 weeks intervention period. Measures will include stress, depression and anxiety (DASS-21 questionnaire-primary endpoint), insomnia (ISI), burnout (MBI-HSS), post-traumatic stress disorder (DTS), and self-efficacy (GSE). The study was funded in May 2020, and was ethically approved in June 2020. Trial participants, outcome assessors and data analysts will be blinded to group allocation.
Discussion Despite the increasing use of mobile health interventions to deliver mental health care, this area of research is still on its infancy. This study will help increase the scientific evidence about the effectiveness of this type of intervention on this specific population and context.
Impact Despite the lack of solid evidence about their effectiveness, mobile-based health interventions are already being widely implemented because of their low cost and high scalability. The findings from this study will help health services and organizations to make informed decisions in relation to the development and implementation of this type of interventions, allowing them pondering not only their attractive implementability features, but also empirical data about its benefits.
Clinical trial registration NCT04393818 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier).
Approved funding May 2020.
Filiaciones:
Serrano-Ripoll, MJ:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Univ Balearic Isl UIB, Dept Psychol, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Ricci-Cabello, I:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
Jimenez, R:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Univ Balearic Isl UIB, Dept Psychol, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Zamanillo-Campos, R:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Valencian Int Univ VIU, Dept Hlth, Valencia, Spain
Yanez-Juan, AM:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Univ Balearic Isl, Res Grp Global Hlth & Human Dev, Palma De Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
Bennasar-Veny, M:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Univ Balearic Isl, Dept Nursing & Physiotherapy, Palma De Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
Sitges, C:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
UIB, Res Inst Hlth Sci IUNICS, Dept Psychol, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Gervilla, E:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Univ Balearic Isl UIB, Dept Psychol, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Leiva, A:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
RedIAPP, Primary Care Prevent & Hlth Promot Res Network, Madrid, Spain
Garcia-Campayo, J:
RedIAPP, Primary Care Prevent & Hlth Promot Res Network, Madrid, Spain
Miguel Servet Univ Hosp, Aragon Inst Hlth Res IIS Aragon, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Garcia-Buades, ME:
Univ Balearic Isl UIB, Dept Psychol, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
Garcia-Toro, M:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Pastor-Moreno, G:
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
Andalusian Sch Publ Hlth EASP, Granada, Andalucia, Spain
Ruiz-Perez, I:
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
Andalusian Sch Publ Hlth EASP, Granada, Andalucia, Spain
Alonso-Coello, P:
CIBER Epidemiol & Salud Publ CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain
Biomed Res Inst St Pau IIB St Pau, Dept Clin Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Iberoamer Cochrane Ctr, Barcelona, Spain
Llobera, J:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
RedIAPP, Primary Care Prevent & Hlth Promot Res Network, Madrid, Spain
Fiol-deRoque, MA:
Hlth Res Inst Balearic Isl IdISBa, Carretera Valldemossa,79 Hosp Univ Son Espases, Palma De Mallorca 07120, Balearic Isl, Spain
Balearic Isl Hlth Serv, Primary Care Res Unit Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Isl, Spain
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