CUIDA-TE, an APP for the Emotional Management

CUIDA-TE, an APP for the Emotional Management of the Healthcare Professionals

The aim of this study is to develop and validate an Ecological Momentary Intervention APP for healthcare workers, in order to face of work-related stresses generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a very high emotional impact on healthcare workers. Ecological momentary interventions (EMI) can offer an intervention in real time, when the emotion arises. CUIDA-TE is an EMI APP based on principles of different transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral interventions focused on emotion regulation. The effectiveness of CUIDA-TE will be investigated in the current study. A two-arms randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted. At least 182 healthcare workers will be randomly assigned to a 2-month immediate intervention group (CUIDA-TE APP, n= 91), or a control group (no assessment or intervention, n=91). The CUIDA-TE consists of an app-based EMI that estimates and intervenes based on ecological momentary assessment data of five emotional states: joy, fatigue, sadness, anxiety, anger, as well as sleep quality, sleep quantity, burnout, perceived stress, and self-perception of coping skills. The primary outcome is the PHQ-9. Secondary outcomes include ERQ, DERS, OASIS, BRS, SUS, and ProQOL questionnaires. Primary and secondary outcomes will be obtained at pre- and post-intervention measurements, and at 3-month follow-up measurement.

Inclusion Criteria:

• to be a healthcare worker in active (from 18 until 67 years)
• to have a smartphone with Internet access and Android operating system.

Exclusion Criteria:

• to be in psychological treatment at the time of the recruitment