ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2021
Effect of a mobile-based intervention on mental health in frontline healthcare workers against COVID-19: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Journal of advanced nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04393818 (A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effectiveness of a Mobile-based Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Problems in Healthcare Workers at the Frontline Against COVID-19 in Spain), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Effectiveness of a Mobile-based Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Problems in Healthcare Workers at the Frontline Against COVID-19 in Spain: the PsyCovidApp Trial
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Individual-level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- What are effective strategies to respond to the psychological impacts of working on the frontlines of a public health emergency?Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of Smartphone App-Based Psychological Interventions for Reducing Depressive Symptoms in People With Depression: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological Interventions for Healthcare Providers With PTSD in Life-Threatening Pandemic: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Predictors of dropout in cognitive behavior and interpersonal online brief psychotherapies for essential professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- A Mobile Phone-Based Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Problems in Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PsyCovidApp): Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Factors influencing the implementation of interventions for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among hospital-based nurses and physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Workforce wellbeing centres and their positive role for wellbeing and presenteeism in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of COVID-Well data.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Process evaluation of PsyCovidApp, a digital tool for mobile devices aimed at protecting the mental health of healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Mobile Health Requirements for the Occupational Health Assessment of Health Care Professionals: Delphi Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Anxiety and sleep quality among front-line nurses treating first wave COVID-19 in China: The mediating role of mindfulness.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2022Article
- Developing an mHealth Intervention to Reduce COVID-19-Associated Psychological Distress Among Health Care Workers in Nigeria: Protocol for a Design and Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- E-Health Psychological Intervention for COVID-19 Healthcare Workers: Protocol for its Implementation and Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Protecting the mental and physical well-being of frontline health care workers during COVID-19: Study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic Support Programs for Healthcare Workers and Implications for Occupational Mental Health: A Narrative Review.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Review
- Post-Traumatic Growth in Professionals Caring for People with Intellectual Disabilities during COVID-19: A Psychological Intervention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Feasibility and Effectiveness of Telecounseling on the Psychological Problems of Frontline Healthcare Workers Amidst COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial from Central India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2021Article
- My Health Too: Investigating the Feasibility and the Acceptability of an Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program Developed for Healthcare Workers.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimTo 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.
designWe 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.
methodsThe 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 registrationNCT04393818 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier). APPROVED
fundingMay 2020.
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