Effect Psychological Triaging Intervention on Students' Psychological Distress and Resilience Capacity (Triaging)

March 26, 2021 updated by: Rasha salah elsayed eweida, Alexandria University

Psychological Triaging Intervention: Rescue From Psychological Distress and Improving Senior Nursing Students' Resilience Capacity During COVID-19 Crisis

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the psychological triaging intervention (PTI) on the psychological distress and resilience capacity levels among the intern-nursing students during the COVID-19 crisis.

Research Hypothesis

Intern-nursing students who attend PTI exhibit lower COVID-19 related psychological distress level and higher resilience capacity than those who receive routine psychological support.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The intern-nursing students' psychological well-being and resilience are of indispensable significance during these unprecedented days. 64 Intern-nursing students. Sixty-four intern-nursing students who completed a preliminary survey and demonstrated both high level of psychological distress and low resilience capacity as a result of their exposure to patients with COVID-19 during their internship period were randomly assigned to two equal groups and the study group were engaged in the PTI intervention which followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model.

The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition& follow up).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

64

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
      • Alexandria, Egypt, 56321
        • Faculty of Nursing

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Exposed to patients with COVID-19

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Did not exposed to patients with COVID-19

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Psychological Triaging Intervention
The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition& follow up).
Behavioral: Psychological Triaging Intervention
The PTI intervention followed the path of RAPID Psychological First Aid model of John Hopkins University (Everly& Lating 2012). The content of the PTI represents a simple structure that is revolved around five core phases including (R: establishing rapport and reflective listening, A: assessment, P: prioritization, I: intervention and D: disposition& follow up).
Active Comparator: Routine Psychological support
For the comparison group, the researchers provided them with routine psychological support that mainly revolved around enhancing their self-compassion, practicing mindfulness exercises, keeping them socially connected with their family and peers. Moreover, adopt a healthy lifestyle such as; engage in physical activity, eating a well-balanced diet, and sleeping well.
Behavioral: Routine psychological support
For the comparison group, the researchers provided them with routine psychological support that mainly revolved around enhancing their self-compassion, practicing mindfulness exercises, keeping them socially connected with their family and peers. Moreover, adopt a healthy lifestyle such as; engage in physical activity, eating a well-balanced diet, and sleeping well.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
severity of psychological distress
Time Frame: " 2 weeks "
The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was developed by (Goldberg, 1972). The questionnaire comprises 12- self-report items to measure the severity of psychological distress. The presence the symptoms was rated on 4- points Likert-type scale; (0="not at all present", 1="same as usual present"; 2="rather more than usual present"; 3="much more than usual present"). The tool demonstrated high reliability as Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.87. The total score ranged from 0-36. The higher score representing higher level of psychological distress.
" 2 weeks "

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Resilience Capacity
Time Frame: " 2 weeks "
It consists of 25-item to assess the resilience capacity. The CD-RISC was abridged to 10 items to reflect the individuals' ability to tolerate painful experience. Such as; ability to adapt to change, tendency to bounce back after hardship and ability to stay focused under pressure.
" 2 weeks "

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Alexandria University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Eman m Taha, professor, Alexandria University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 22, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 22, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

March 21, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 26, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

March 30, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 30, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2021

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1522112020

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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