Efficacy of a Six-Week-Long Therapist-Guided Online Therapy Versus Self-help Internet-Based Therapy for COVID-19–Induced Anxiety and Depression: Open-label, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This open-label randomized controlled trial compares a six-week therapist-guided online therapy program against a self-help email newsletter for managing anxiety and depression in Oman during the pandemic. The study involved 60 participants, with the intervention group receiving weekly sessions utilizing cognitive behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapy principles. Outcomes were measured using PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scales to assess changes in symptom severity between the two groups.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Mohammed Al‐Alawi (Sultan Qaboos University Hospital), Roopa Koshy McCall (Oman Medical College), Alya Sultan (Muscat College), Naser Al‐Balushi (Sultan Qaboos University Hospital), Tamadhir Al-Mahrouqi (Oman Medical College), Abdullah Al Ghailani (Oman Medical College), Hilal Al‐Sabti (Oman Medical College), Abdullah Al-Maniri (Oman Medical College), Sathiya M Panchatcharam (Oman Medical College), Hamed Al Sinawi (Sultan Qaboos University Hospital)
- Published
- 2021-01-27
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- gold
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- 10.2196/26683
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- 74
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@article{allodium:c521c669db86437f,
title = {Efficacy of a Six-Week-Long Therapist-Guided Online Therapy Versus Self-help Internet-Based Therapy for COVID-19–Induced Anxiety and Depression: Open-label, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial},
author = {Mohammed Al‐Alawi and Roopa Koshy McCall and Alya Sultan and Naser Al‐Balushi and Tamadhir Al-Mahrouqi and Abdullah Al Ghailani and Hilal Al‐Sabti and Abdullah Al-Maniri and Sathiya M Panchatcharam and Hamed Al Sinawi},
year = {2021},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.2196/26683},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/26683}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Efficacy of a Six-Week-Long Therapist-Guided Online Therapy Versus Self-help Internet-Based Therapy for COVID-19–Induced Anxiety and Depression: Open-label, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial AU - Al‐Alawi, Mohammed AU - McCall, Roopa Koshy AU - Sultan, Alya AU - Al‐Balushi, Naser AU - Al-Mahrouqi, Tamadhir AU - Ghailani, Abdullah Al AU - Al‐Sabti, Hilal AU - Al-Maniri, Abdullah AU - Panchatcharam, Sathiya M AU - Sinawi, Hamed Al PY - 2021 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.2196/26683 UR - https://doi.org/10.2196/26683 ER -
APA
Al‐Alawi, M., McCall, R. K., Sultan, A., Al‐Balushi, N., Al-Mahrouqi, T., Ghailani, A. A., Al‐Sabti, H., Al-Maniri, A., Panchatcharam, S. M., & Sinawi, H. A. (2021). Efficacy of a Six-Week-Long Therapist-Guided Online Therapy Versus Self-help Internet-Based Therapy for COVID-19–Induced Anxiety and Depression: Open-label, Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.2196/26683
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