Internet-based self-administered intervention to reduce anxiety and depression symptomatology and improve well-being in 7 countries: protocol of a randomized control trial

Alejandro Dominguez-Rodriguez, Paulina Erika Herdoiza-Arroyo, Leivy Patricia González-Ramírez, Reyna Jazmín Martínez-Arriaga, David Villarreal-Zegarra, Antonio Carlos Santos da Silva, Joel Omar González-Cantero, Viviana Sylvia Vargas Salinas, Marinna S. Mensorio, Adrián Antonio Cisneros Hernández, Rogéria Lourenço dos Santos, Emilia Gabriela Nieto Ramos, Margarita Gabriela Albán-Terán, Joaquín Mateu-Mollá, Flor Rocío Ramírez-Martínez, Ana Marisa Colmenero Guadián, David Martínez-Rubio, Álvaro I. Langer, Claudio Araya, Rosa Olimpia Castellanos-Vargas

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Background: Online psychological interventions have emerged as a treatment alternative because they are accessible, flexible, personalized, and available to large populations. The number of Internet interventions in Latin America is limited, as are Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) of their effectiveness and a few studies comparing their effectiveness in multiple countries at the same time. We have developed an online intervention, Well-being Online, which will be available to the public free of charge in 7 countries: Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and the Netherlands. We expect a reduction in depression and anxiety symptoms and an increase in well-being of the participants. Methods: A multi-country, randomized controlled trial will be conducted. The intervention is multicomponent (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Activation Therapy, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Positive Psychology), with 10 sessions. In each country, eligible participants will be randomized to one of three groups: Enriched Intervention (interactive web design with videos, infographics, text, audio, and forum), Text Intervention (text on the website), and Wait List (control group). Repeated measures will be obtained at 5-time points. Our primary outcomes will be anxiety symptomatology, depressive symptomatology, and mental well-being. MANOVA analysis will be used for our main analysis. Discussion: This protocol describes the design of a randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a web-based intervention to reduce anxiety and depression symptomatology and increase subjective well-being. The intervention will be made available in four languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and English). Its results will contribute to the evidence of effectiveness in terms of randomized trials and Internet interventions, mainly in Latin America and Europe.

Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
-1279847
PublicaciónFrontiers in Psychology
Volumen15
DOI
EstadoIndizado - 2024

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Copyright © 2024 Dominguez-Rodriguez, Herdoiza-Arroyo, González-Ramírez, Martínez-Arriaga, Villarreal-Zegarra, Silva, González-Cantero, Vargas Salinas, Mensorio, Cisneros Hernández, Lourenço dos Santos, Nieto Ramos, Albán-Terán, Mateu-Mollá, Ramírez-Martínez, Colmenero Guadián, Martínez-Rubio, Langer, Araya and Castellanos-Vargas.

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