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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
107
Six cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and acceptance commitment based modules focusing on different aspects of psychological distress due to the Covid-19 situation.
Six cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and acceptance commitment based modules focusing on different aspects of psychological distress due to the Covid-19 situation.
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Patient Health Questionnaire (Löwe et al., 2002)
9-item questionnaire assessing depressive symptoms
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
Suicide Behavior Questionnaire Revised (Glaesmer et al., 2018)
4-item questionnaire assessing suicidal ideation
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
DASS-21: Depression, Angst, Stress-Skala (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)
21-item questionnaire assessing depression, anxiety and stress symptoms
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
SF-12: Short Form Health Survey (Ware et al., 1996)
12-item questionnaire assessing various aspects of well-being
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
LOT-R: Revised Life Orientation Test (Herzberg et al., 2006)
10-item questionnaire assessing optimism and pessimism
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
Berner Verbitterungsinventar Kurzversion (Znoj, 2008)
6-item questionnaire assessing embitterment
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
Emotion regulation skills SEK-27 (Berking & Znoj, 2008)
27-item questionnaire assessing emotion regulation skills
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
SWE: Skala zur Allgemeinen Selbstwirksamkeit (Jerusalem & Schwarzer, 2003)
10-item questionnaire assessing general self-efficacy
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
UCLA Loneliness Scale (Döring & Bortz, 1993)
9-item questionnaire assessing loneliness
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (Sarubin et al., 2015)
10-item questionnaire assessing resilience
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
ZUF-8: Zufriedenheitsfragebogen (Attkisson & Zwick, 1982)
8-item questionnaire assessing content with an online-program
Time frame: at 3 weeks for experimental group and at 6 weeks for waiting control group
SUS: System Usability Scale (Brooke, 1996)
10-item questionnaire assessing usability of an online-program
Time frame: at 3 weeks for experimental group and at 6 weeks for waiting control group
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