Online Multi-component Psychological Intervention for Prevention of Grief Disorder Due to COVID-19

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of an online Multi-component psychological intervention, that is focused on providing self-support to the Mexican population for the prevention of complicated grief disorder, by reducing grief and strengthening the capacities of the person to handle losses derived from COVID-19 as well as reducing the symptoms of anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and post-traumatic stress, and increasing the quality of sleep and perception of the quality of life.

Conditions

• Grief
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Sleep Disturbance
• Quality of Life

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online Intervention Grief COVID-19

The online Intervention Grief COVID-19 aims to provide to the target population a self-applied intervention based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Behavioral Activation Therapy, and Positive Psychology, aimed at the Psychoeducation regarding the manifestations of normal grief, advice and guidance on how to find emotional relief, with the aim that survivors allow themselves to validate their experience of emotional pain and recognize it as a normal part of their process of adaptation to loss, what does grief deprived of rights consist of, specifically from the contingency of COVID-19, establish self-care measures for people in different areas of their life (physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual), direct the survivor to relocate the died in his life without his memory causing suffering, in addition to beginning to resume his life project, adjusting according to his needs and goals. The sessions will be delivered in a frequency of one session every three days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Buenos Aires

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Internacional de Valencia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sofía Cristina Martínez Luna, MD · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Paulina Arenas Landgrave, PhD · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Anabel de la Rosa, Gómez · Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

• Esteban Eugenio Esquivel Santoveña, PhD · Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

• Rosa Olimpia Castellanos Vargas, MD · Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

• Luis Farfallini, PhD · University of Buenos Aires

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-12-24

Primary Completion

2021-06-01

Completion

2021-06-01

Countries

• Mexico

Study Locations