Effect of a Smartphone-Based Stress Management Program on Depression and Other Health- and Work-Related Outcomes among Hospital Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam and Thailand: A Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of the COCONATS Project

Norito Kawakami; Huong Thanh Nguyen; Orawan Kaewboonchoo; Kotaro Imamura; Thuy Thi Thu Tran; Plernpit Boonyamalik; Natsu Sasaki; Narisara Sripo; Thanate Tienthong; Hiroki Asaoka; Mako Iida; Kazuhiro Watanabe; Asuka Sakuraya; Quynh Thuy Nguyen; Nguyen Thi Nga; Vu Thai Son; Thuy Thi Ngo; Tham Thi Luyen; Long Duc Nguyen; Nga Thi Viet Nguyen; Binh Thanh Nguyen; Yutaka Matsuyama; Yukie Takemura; Daisuke Nishi; Akizumi Tsustumi

doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0450.v1

How to cite: Kawakami, N.; Nguyen, H.T.; Kaewboonchoo, O.; Imamura, K.; Tran, T.T.T.; Boonyamalik, P.; Sasaki, N.; Sripo, N.; Tienthong, T.; Asaoka, H.; Iida, M.; Watanabe, K.; Sakuraya, A.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Nga, N.T.; Son, V.T.; Ngo, T.T.; Luyen, T.T.; Nguyen, L.D.; Nguyen, N.T.V.; Nguyen, B.T.; Matsuyama, Y.; Takemura, Y.; Nishi, D.; Tsustumi, A. Effect of a Smartphone-Based Stress Management Program on Depression and Other Health- and Work-Related Outcomes among Hospital Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam and Thailand: A Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of the COCONATS Project. Preprints 2023, 2023030450. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0450.v1 Kawakami, N.; Nguyen, H.T.; Kaewboonchoo, O.; Imamura, K.; Tran, T.T.T.; Boonyamalik, P.; Sasaki, N.; Sripo, N.; Tienthong, T.; Asaoka, H.; Iida, M.; Watanabe, K.; Sakuraya, A.; Nguyen, Q.T.; Nga, N.T.; Son, V.T.; Ngo, T.T.; Luyen, T.T.; Nguyen, L.D.; Nguyen, N.T.V.; Nguyen, B.T.; Matsuyama, Y.; Takemura, Y.; Nishi, D.; Tsustumi, A. Effect of a Smartphone-Based Stress Management Program on Depression and Other Health- and Work-Related Outcomes among Hospital Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam and Thailand: A Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of the COCONATS Project. Preprints 2023, 2023030450. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0450.v1

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The aim of this study is to describe a research protocol of a multi-country randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of a smartphone CBT stress management program on improving depression and other health- and work-related outcomes among hospital nurses in Vietnam and Thailand during the COVID-19 epidemic as a part of the COCONATS project. The study is a two-arm, parallel randomized control trial. Hospital nurses (N = 1,500) will be recruited in Vietnam and Thailand, and those who meet the criteria will be randomly allocated to the intervention or control (treatment as usual) group. A seven-week, seven-module smartphone-based stress management program will be developed to teach CBT skills. The intervention group will participate in the program for 10 weeks. Depression as the primary outcome will be measured using the DASS21 at baseline and in 3- and 6-month follow-up surveys. A mixed model repeated measures analysis will be used to test the intervention effect in the total combined sample, on an intention-to-treat basis. This is the first study to investigate the effectiveness of a self-guided smartphone CBT program on improving depression among hospital nurses using a RCT design in South-East Asian middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Effect of a Smartphone-Based Stress Management Program on Depression and Other Health- and Work-Related Outcomes among Hospital Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Vietnam and Thailand: A Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of the COCONATS Project

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