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. 2023 Oct 24;2023(10):CD014722. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014722.pub2

Dominiquez‐Rodriguez 2021.

Study name A self‐applied multi‐component psychological online intervention based on UX, for the prevention of complicated grief disorder in the Mexican population during the COVID‐19 outbreak
Methods Study design: RCT
Country: México
Participants Spanish‐speaking male and/or female users meeting the inclusion criteria recruited via the online Grief COVID platform
Inclusion criteria: 
a. to have a communication device with access to the internet (computer, tablet, or mobile);
b. to have a valid e‐mail address;
c. to have basic digital skills in the use of an operational system and Internet browsing;
d. to be fluent in Spanish, since the complete intervention is in such language;
e. to have symptoms of depression, state anxiety and/or acute stress disorder grief symptom.
Exclusion criteria:
a. to have a diagnosis of psychotic disorder;
b. to have more than 6 months passed since the death of the loved person;
c. to receive psychological and/or pharmacological treatment during the study;
d. to have a moderate to a high score in the suicide scale;
e. to have a recent attempt of suicide (3 months);
f. to have a diagnosis of post‐traumatic stress disorder.
Stated purpose: to design and implement a self‐applied intervention composed of 12 modules focused on the decrease of the risk of developing CGD, and increasing the life quality, and as a secondary objective to reduce the symptomatology of anxiety, depression, and increase of sleep quality
Interventions Intervention:
Grief Covid intervention
12 sessions of a multi‐component psychological intervention focused on the decrease of the risk of developing CGD, increasing the life quality, reduction of symptoms of anxiety/depression and increase of sleep quality. Each session will be administered every third day to give time to do the tasks, and not too long to reduce the chance of abandoning the treatment.
Control:
Waiting‐list (participants in this group will not receive the treatment immediately; they will receive the intervention 1.5–2 months after the pre‐measurements were taken)
Outcomes Participants' outcomes of interest for this review

  1. Mental health symptoms/depression – Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D)

  2. Mental health symptoms/anxiety – Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7‐Item (GAD‐7)

  3. Mental health symptoms/distress – Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS‐21)

  4. Mental health symptoms/PTSD – Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale (PSS)

  5. Quality of life ‐ World Health Organization Quality of Life, Spanish version (WHOQoL‐BREF)


Economic outcomes
Nil
Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (3 months and 6 months follow‐up)
Starting date 22 December 2020
Contact information Alejandro Dominguez‐Rodriguez, alejandro.dominguez.r@campusviu.es
Notes Source of funding: Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez
Prospective trial registration number: NCT04638842