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Internet-based stress recovery intervention FOREST for healthcare staff amid COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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Stress Recovery Program FOREST for Healthcare Staff: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Implementing PTSD interventions for hospital nurses and physicians during COVID-19: A scoping review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Role of Tailored Timing and Frequency Prompts on the Efficacy of an Internet-Delivered Stress Recovery Intervention for Health Care Workers: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2025Trial
- Evaluating an Abbreviated Internet-Delivered Stress Recovery Intervention for Health Care Workers: Pre-Post Feasibility Study of Outcomes, Usability, and Acceptability.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Complex Intervention Programs Integrating Multiple Intervention Strategies Were Not More Effective than Active Control Groups: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- 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
- The Impact of Chronic Diseases on Mental Health: An Overview and Recommendations for Care Programs.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Exploring reasons for usage discontinuation in an internet-delivered stress recovery intervention: A qualitative study.Internet interventions · 2023Article
- Validation of the Recovery Experience Questionnaire in a Lithuanian Healthcare Personnel.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Initial findings on RESTORE for healthcare workers: an internet-delivered intervention for COVID-19-related mental health symptoms.Translational psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Reductions in anxiety, depression and insomnia in health care workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Internet-Based Trauma Recovery Intervention for Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Complex psychiatryArticle
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe demand for care during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs), thus increasing the need for psychosocial support services. Internet-based interventions have previously been found to reduce occupational stress. The study aims to test the effects of an Internet-based stress recovery intervention-FOREST-among HCWs.
methodsA randomized controlled trial (RCT) parallel group design with three measurement points will be conducted to assess the efficacy of an Internet-based stress recovery intervention FOREST for nurses. The FOREST intervention is a 6-week Internet-based CBT and mindfulness-based program which comprises of six modules: (1) Introduction, (2) Detachment (relaxation and sleep), (3) Distancing, (4) Mastery (challenge), (5) Control, and (6) Keeping the change alive. We will compare the intervention against a waiting list group at pre-test, post-test, and follow-up. Stress recovery, PTSD, complex PTSD, moral injury, the level of stress, depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being will be measured. DISCUSSION: The study will contribute to the development of mental healthcare programs for the HCWs. Based on the outcomes of the study, the FOREST intervention can be further developed or offered to healthcare staff as a tool to cope with occupational stress.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04817995 . Registered on 30 March 2021.
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