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Trial reportJournal of affective disorders2022

Cognitive training using a mobile app as a coping tool against COVID-19 distress: A crossover randomized controlled trial.

Burcin Akin-Sari, Mujgan Inozu, A Bikem Haciomeroglu, Ezgi Trak, Damla Tufan, Guy Doron

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Trial report in Journal of affective disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Burcin Akin-SariDepartment of Psychology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: bakinsari@baskent.edu.tr.
Mujgan InozuDepartment of Psychology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
A Bikem HaciomerogluDepartment of Psychology, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ezgi TrakDepartment of Psychology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Damla TufanDepartment of Psychology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Guy DoronInterdisiplinary Center of Herzliya to: Reichman University (IDC) Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has been suggested to constitute a broad base stressor with severe mental health consequences. mHealth applications are accessible self-help tools that can be used to reduce psychological distress during the pandemic. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effects of mobile-based cognitive training exercises on COVID-19 related distress and maladaptive cognitions.

methodsFollowing initial screening (n = 924), participants scoring 1 standard deviations above the mean of the COVID-19 Distress Scale were randomized into two groups. Participants in the immediate-app group (iApp; n = 25) started using the application at baseline (T0) for 12 days (from T0 to T1). Participants in the delayed-app group (dApp; n = 22) started using the mobile application at T1 (crossover) and used it for the following 12 days (T1 to T2).

resultsIntention to treat analyses indicated that the iApp group exhibited lower COVID-19 distress, lower depression, fewer intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive beliefs than the dApp group at T1. In addition, using the app for 12 consecutive days was associated with large effect-size reductions (Cohen's d ranging from 0.81 to 2.35) in COVID-19 distress and related maladaptive cognitions in the iApp group (from T0 to T1) and the dApp group (from T1 to T2). Moreover, these reductions were maintained at the follow-up. LIMITATIONS: This study was a crossover trial with a relatively limited sample size and mainly female participants.

conclusionOur findings underscore the usefulness of brief, low-intensity, portable interventions in alleviating the negative effects of the pandemic on mental health.

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COVID-19Mobile ApplicationsAdaptation, PsychologicalCognitionCross-Over StudiesFemaleHumansPandemicsCOVID-19DistressMobile appsObsessive beliefsPandemic

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PMID35636516
PMCPMC9137239

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