Prevention of Mental Health Problems in People Exposed to a Recent Highly Stressful Event.

Sponsor
Universidad Santo Tomas, Chile
Study ID
NCT04314115
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Mindfulness — OTHER
    Brief intervention in mindfulness, of individual type, of four sessions of sixty minutes per week, in addition to individual tasks, according to protocol of brief intervention in developed mindfulness.
  • Systemic therapy — OTHER
    Brief systemic therapy intervention, of four weekly sessions of sixty minutes, with individual tasks and assignments, according to the protocol designed.
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology — OTHER
    Brief intervention of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy with elements of positive psychology, of four weekly sessions of sixty minutes, with individual assignments and assignments, according to the protocol designed.

Study Details

This project evaluates the effectiveness of three intervention models for the prevention of mental health problems in people who have suffered a recent highly stressful event, through an experimental design, with a control group and random assignment of participants in each group . The preventive interventions that will be evaluated will be based on three different psychotherapeutic models: brief systemic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. It is expected to observe a significant reduction in post-traumatic and depressive symptoms, and an increase in subjective well-being and post-traumatic growth, compared to the control group. In addition, the moderating effect of psychological processes such as cognitive rumination, emotional self-regulation and coping strategies used in the relationship between the type of intervention and its results will be evaluated. If the hypotheses are confirmed, this study will allow the prevention of emotional distress associated with a highly stressful event, as well as the promotion of positive results, through empirically supported, low-cost strategies and with results that are capable of demonstrating their effectiveness.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 1, 2018
Status verified
Jan 2022
Primary completion
Mar 30, 2019
Completion
Mar 30, 2021

Study Design

Enrollment
160 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Mindfulness
    A brief intervention in mindfulness will be administered
  • Active Comparator: Systemic therapy
    A brief systemic therapy intervention will be administered
  • Active Comparator: Cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology
    A brief intervention of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy with positive psychology elements will be administered
  • No Intervention: Waiting list
    Waiting list, as a control group

Primary Outcome Measure

Post-traumatic symptoms, pre-intervention evaluation [ Time Frame: Pre-intervention evaluation ]

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