NCT04822285

Effect Psychological Triaging Intervention on Students' Psychological Distress and Resilience Capacity

Psychological Triaging Intervention: Rescue From Psychological Distress and Improving Senior Nursing Students' Resilience Capacity During COVID-19 Crisis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Alexandria University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the psychological triaging intervention (PTI) on the psychological distress and resilience capacity levels among the intern-nursing students during the COVID-19 crisis. Research Hypothesis Intern-nursing students who attend PTI exhibit lower COVID-19 related psychological distress level and higher resilience capacity than those who receive routine psychological support.

Detailed description

The intern-nursing students' psychological well-being and resilience are of indispensable significance during these unprecedented days. 64 Intern-nursing students. Sixty-four intern-nursing students who completed a preliminary survey and demonstrated both high level of psychological distress and low resilience capacity as a result of their exposure to patients with COVID-19 during their internship period were randomly assigned to two equal groups and the study group were engaged in the PTI intervention which followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model. The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly\& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition\& follow up).

Conditions

• Psychological Distress
• Resilience

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Psychological Triaging Intervention	The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly\& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition\& follow up).
BEHAVIORAL	Routine psychological support	For the comparison group, the researchers provided them with routine psychological support that mainly revolved around enhancing their self-compassion, practicing mindfulness exercises, keeping them socially connected with their family and peers. Moreover, adopt a healthy lifestyle such as; engage in physical activity, eating a well-balanced diet, and sleeping well.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-22
• Primary completion: 2020-04-22
• Completion: 2021-03-21
• First posted: 2021-03-30
• Last updated: 2021-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt