NCT04380909

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

Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to Evaluate the Efficacy of an Internet-based Self-help Program for People With Psychological Distress Due to Covid-19

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 107 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Psychological Distress
• Adjustment, Psychological
• Coronavirus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-based self-help	Six cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and acceptance commitment based modules focusing on different aspects of psychological distress due to the Covid-19 situation.
BEHAVIORAL	Internet-based self-help after 3 weeks	Six cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness and acceptance commitment based modules focusing on different aspects of psychological distress due to the Covid-19 situation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-06
• Primary completion: 2021-07-29
• Completion: 2021-07-29
• First posted: 2020-05-08
• Last updated: 2021-08-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland