Trial reportBMJ mental health2025
Effectiveness of Self-Help Plus in its digital version in reducing anxiety and post-traumatic symptomatology among nursing home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of randomised controlled trial data.
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- A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Digital Stepped-Care Program to Reduce Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among Long-Term Care Workers With Psychological Distress: The REPICAL Study.Depression and anxiety · 2026Trial
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- How to distinguish promotion, prevention, and treatment trials in public mental health: development and validation of the VErona-LUgano Tool (VELUT).Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealthcare workers (HCWs) face substantial daily work-related pressures, leading to frequent reports of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
objectiveTo compare the effects of Self-Help Plus in its digital version Doing What Matters in Times of Stress (DWM) to an equally structured activity in reducing anxiety and/or PTSD symptoms among HCWs.
methodsWe compared the proportion of participants with moderate-to-severe anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder Scale; GAD-7 ≥10) and/or PTSD symptoms (Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R)) ≥26) between DWM and the alternative activity. We used an intention to treat analysis and performed χ
findingsAt 14 weeks, 14.5% of DWM and 27.6% of control participants showed at least moderate anxiety and/or PTSD symptoms (χ
conclusionsDWM is a promising strategy to reduce moderate-to-severe PTSD and/or anxiety symptoms in HCWs. Compliance is crucial to ensure efficacy. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: DWM is a scalable digital tool that could be considered as an intermediate or complementary intervention for distressed HCWs.
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