A Mobile Phone-Based Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Problems in Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PsyCovidApp): Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global health emergency generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge to health care workers, who are facing heavy workloads under psychologically difficult situations. Mental mobile Health (mHealth) interventions are now being widely deployed due to their attractive implementation features, despite the lack of evidence about their efficacy in this specific population and context.

Objective

The aim of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational, mindfulness-based mHealth intervention to reduce mental health problems in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a blinded, parallel-group, controlled trial in Spain. Health care workers providing face-to-face health care to patien

SUBMITTER: Fiol-DeRoque MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8133164 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature