Article ; Online: A Self-Help Virtual Therapeutic Experience Intervention for Overcoming Psychological Distress Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From the European Multicentric COVID Feel Good Trial.
2023 Volume 85, Issue 7, Page(s) 639–650
Abstract: Objective: The general objective of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of a novel self-help virtual therapeutic experience (specifically, the COVID Feel Good intervention) in lowering the psychological burden experienced during the COVID- ... ...
| Abstract | Objective: The general objective of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of a novel self-help virtual therapeutic experience (specifically, the COVID Feel Good intervention) in lowering the psychological burden experienced during the COVID-19 lockdowns in four European countries. Methods: We focused on participants recruited from June 2020 to May 2021 in the context of a European multicenter project including four university/academic sites. The total number of participants in the longitudinal studies was 107 (study 1, N = 40; study 2, N = 29; study 3, N = 38). The randomized controlled trial (study 4) included 31 participants in total, 16 in the intervention group and 15 in the control group. Primary outcome measures were depression, anxiety, stress symptoms, perceived stress level, and perceived hopelessness. The secondary outcome was experienced social connectedness. Results: Using separate linear mixed-effects models, the most consistent result across countries was a reduction in perceived stress after the participation in the COVID Feel Good intervention. By pooling the results of the models using a random-effects meta-analysis, we found that after the COVID Feel Good intervention, participants reported a decrease in perceived general distress (mean standardized effect size for general distress in the treatment groups compared with the control conditions was -0.52 [ p = .008, 95% confidence interval = -0.89 to -0.14]) and an increase in the perceived social connection (mean standardized effect size for social connection using COVID Feel Good compared with the control conditions was 0.50 [ p ≤ .001, 95% confidence interval = 0.25 to 0.76]). Conclusions: Findings of this study indicate that a virtual self-help intervention is effective in reducing psychological distress. These results contribute to the growing literature supporting the use of digital psychological therapies to relieve psychological distress among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic.Trial Registration : ISRCTN63887521. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Depression/therapy ; Communicable Disease Control ; Psychological Distress ; Multicenter Studies as Topic |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-04-06 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Meta-Analysis ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 3469-1 |
| ISSN | 1534-7796 ; 0033-3174 |
| ISSN (online) | 1534-7796 |
| ISSN | 0033-3174 |
| DOI | 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001198 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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