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| Name | Class |
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| Swiss Transfusion SRC | OTHER |
| Freie Universität Berlin | OTHER |
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The ongoing warfare and economic instability in the Middle East and in North Africa causes many people to leave their home countries. Arrived in a host countries, in this example, in Switzerland, they face a lot of structural and psychosocial hurdles. Particularly in the first years, building up a certain quality of life is complicated and challenging. To support this process, the Swiss Red Cross and the University of Bern have developed the Sui app. It contains structural and social information as well as low-intensity psychological tools to provide support to the everyday life of Arabic-speaking people in Switzerland.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Sui App+ (peer guided) | Active Comparator | The active phase of the study is eight weeks per participant with a follow-up online assessment after another eight weeks. One of the active study groups, the Sui App+ condition, receives the Sui app plus a peer who will guide them online. They receive weekly individual messages from their peer within the chat of the app. |
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| Sui App (unguided) | Active Comparator | The active phase of the study is eight weeks per participant with a follow-up online assessment after another eight weeks. The second active study group receives the app as a standalone intervention. They use whatever content they are interested in and receive weekly push-notifications in case they were not active. |
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| Waitlist control group | No Intervention | The control arm is a waitlist control group that receives access to the app after eight weeks. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Sui App (SRK) | Behavioral | The Sui app contains the following chapters: 6 well-being chapters on: stress, sleep, resources throughout the day, chronic pain, emotion regulation, audio exercises 9 Swiss-specific information chapters on: housing, health (two sub-chapters), finances, asylum process, residence status, social integration, occupational integration, family reunification |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Well-being at baseline | Measured by the WHO Quality of Life Short Version (WHOQOL-BREF, 4 domain scores, mean score multiplied by 4, 0 (low) to 100 (high) range) | Baseline |
| Well-being at post-intervention timepoint | Measured by the WHO Quality of Life Short Version (WHOQOL-BREF, 4 domain scores, mean score multiplied by 4, 0 (low) to 100 (high) range) | Post (after 8 weeks) |
| Well-being at follow-up timepoint | Measured by the WHO Quality of Life Short Version (WHOQOL-BREF, 4 domain scores, mean score multiplied by 4, 0 (low) to100 (high) range) | Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Satisfaction with the treatment | Measured by the Questionnaire on satisfaction with the treatment (ZUF-8, 1(low) to 4 (high) scores) adapted for "app" as intervention | Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| Self-stigma |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Thomas Berger, Prof. Dr. | University of Bern | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Bern | Bern | Canton of Bern | 3012 | Switzerland |
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| ID | Term |
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| D057545 | Social Stigma |
| D003863 | Depression |
| D013313 | Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D012919 | Social Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D040921 | Stress Disorders, Traumatic |
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Measured by the Self-stigma of mental illness scale short form (SSMIS-SF, 1(strongly disagree) to 9 (strongly agree) scores)
| Baseline, Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| PTSD symptoms | Measured by the Post traumatic stress disorder checklist scale according to DSM-5 (PCL-5, 0 (not at all) to 80 (extremely) range) | Baseline, Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| Somatic symptoms | Measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire 15 (PHQ-15, 0 (normal) to 30 (severe) symptom range ) | Baseline, Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| Anxiety symptoms | Measured by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7, 0 (minimal) to 21 (severe) symptom range) | Baseline, Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| Depressive symptoms | Measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9, 0 (no suspicion of) to 27 (suspicion of severe) depression range) | Baseline, Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
| Post migration stressors | Measured by the Post-migratory life difficulties Checklist (PMLD-CL, 0 (no) to 4 (very serious) post migration problem scores) | Baseline, Post (after 8 weeks), Follow-Up (after 16 weeks) |
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| Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |